Tragedy Strikes Maharashtra 24 Victims of bus fire honored in mass cremation

VoM News Desk | July 19, 2023 | 03:30 PM IST | Breaking News | Follow on Google News

Tragedy Strikes Maharashtra 24 Victims of bus fire honored in mass cremation

A passenger bus in India’s western state of Maharashtra crashed and caught fire, killing at least 25 people and injuring eight people on board.

Police said the incident happened around 1.35am on Saturday morning when the bus was en route from Nagpur to Pune on the Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway in Buldhana district.

The bus was travelling at a high speed when it hit the pole and slammed into a wall on the highway, leading to an explosion in the diesel tank of the bus that set the vehicle ablaze, police said.

There were 33 passengers on board, including two drivers and another staffer. The bus driver survived the crash while another, who was sleeping inside the bus, died.

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