At least eight persons were killed and 13 more injured after a luxury bus collided with a truck along the Pune-Ahmednagar highway on Monday, October 22, 2018.
The accident occurred at around 5.30 a.m. in the district’s Parner taluk, said police.
“It appears that the bus, which was heading from Aurangabad towards Pune, attempted to overtake the truck at a high speed today morning. The truck was carrying iron rods that protruded outwards. As the bus driver lost control, it rammed into the carrier truck,” said an official from the Supa police station.
He said that the intensity of the crash caused the bus to overturn and the truck to be derailed off the road. The front of the bus was mangled beyond recognition.
The crash was further aggravated owing to the iron rods being carried by the truck. Eight of the passengers died on the spot, while the injured, trapped awhile inside the bus, were rescued by relief teams. They are undergoing treatment at a hospital nearby.
Some of them are believed to be critical. The crash caused traffic to be held up for a few hours along the highway before cranes arrived and cleared away the debris.
