Twenty-five people, including three children, died and eight others were injured after a private sleeper coach bus they were travelling in caught fire on the Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district early on Saturday.
The accident took place at 1.35 a.m. in Pimpalkuta village. The driver, who lost control of the wheel, first hit an iron pole. The bus then grazed past the side wall of a bridge, hit a median, overturned and caught fire, Buldhana Superintendent of Police Sunil Kadasne told The Hindu.
A total of 33 passengers were in the bus operated by Vidharbha Travels, which was on its way from Nagpur to Pune. The eight survivors, including the bus driver, additional driver and helper, are in hospital are said to be stable.
