Mumbai: 10 dead after bus carrying pilgrims collides with truck in Maharashtra. Many people were injured in the accident. The accident took place at Pathare on the Nashik-Shirdi highway.
The injured were admitted to Sinnar Rural Hospital and Yashwant Hospital in Sinnar. Officials said the death toll could rise as the condition of some of the injured was critical.
The accident took place when the private luxury bus started from Ambernath in the Thane district and was on its way to the temple town of Shirdi in the Ahmednagar district.
The incident took place around 7 am near Patara Shivra in Sinnar tehsil of Nashik, 180 km from Mumbai. Initial reports said seven women, two small boys, and one man were among the dead.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced financial assistance of Rs 5. lakh each to the families of those who died in the accident. An inquiry has also been ordered into the incident.
