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Nashik: A leopard was killed in an accident on the Aurangabad-Nashik Highway around 6pm on Friday.Locals informed the forest department, following which a team was rushed to the spot.A forest department official said that it was a case of hit-and-run.“After conducting panchnama, the forest department declared the big cat dead and was later cremated. The accident took place near Chehedi Khurd in Niphad taluka while the leopard was crossing the road. The incident took place near the residence of Fakira Ganpat Rumne.“It was a 5-year-old male leopard. Vehicles travel in speed on the highway during night and these days it gets dark soon. An unidentified vehicle hit the leopard, resulting in its death,” the official said.Deputy taluka chief of Shiv Sena Dasharath Rumne saw the carcass and immediately informed the forest department..