By PTI
MUMBAI: Twenty-five bus passengers were charred to death after the vehicle caught fire on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district on Saturday, police said.
The private travel bus was on its way from Nagpur to Pune when it rammed into a divider around 1.30 am near Sindkhedraja in Buldhana district, police said.
Buldhana SP Sunil Kadasne told PTI that as per preliminary information, a bus tyre burst and the vehicle hit a pole, collided with a divider and caught fire.
Rescue staff move remains of passengers after twenty five bus passengers were charred to death on the Samruddhi Expressway. (Photo | PTI)
Of the 33 passengers on the bus, 25 were charred to death, the official said. The remaining eight passengers have been rushed to a nearby hospital and are safe, he added. Further investigations are underway.
MUMBAI: Twenty-five bus passengers were charred to death after the vehicle caught fire on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district on Saturday, police said.
The private travel bus was on its way from Nagpur to Pune when it rammed into a divider around 1.30 am near Sindkhedraja in Buldhana district, police said.
Buldhana SP Sunil Kadasne told PTI that as per preliminary information, a bus tyre burst and the vehicle hit a pole, collided with a divider and caught fire.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Rescue staff move remains of passengers after twenty five bus passengers were charred to death on the Samruddhi Expressway. (Photo | PTI)
Of the 33 passengers on the bus, 25 were charred to death, the official said. The remaining eight passengers have been rushed to a nearby hospital and are safe, he added. Further investigations are underway.
