According to sources, at least 10 people died and more than 30 suffered major injuries when a luxury bus driving from Thane district to Shirdi, the temple town in Ahmednagar district crashed with a heavy vehicle truck early morning today on Friday. The casualties included six women and two children.
The unfortunate incident took place on the highway near the town of Vavi-Pathare at around six in the morning. The Police authorities further stated that, due to ongoing roadwork close to the village, traffic had been going along one road lane without any dividers for fairly a short distance instead of on both sides of the roadway. The authorities also told, this may have caused the bus driver, who was carrying and over 45 passengers, to ram the truck, together with the poor visibility on a snowy morning.
They were travelling to Shirdi as part of a tour organised by their job, an Ambernath printing company, and were staff members family members. The district collector for Nashik Gangatharan D stated that, ten individuals died at the scene of the crash including six women, two children, and two adults.
The injured were taken to hospitals in Shirdi and Nashik right away for treatment. Sources claim that the number of fatalities may be rising. The Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde, expressed sympathy for the dead and gave a Rs. 5 lakh ex gratia compensation for the remaining family members. The Chief Minister ordered that the injured passengers be taken immediately to hospitals in Shirdi and Nashik for the necessary care, as per the information from the officials of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).
The Chief Minister also spoke with the Nashik Divisional Commissioner and the District Collector about the incident. The authorities have been given the go ahead by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to begin a probe into the accident’s reason.
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