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  • 12 killed as speeding mini-bus hits container on Samruddhi Expressway in Aurangabad

    By PTI

    12 people lost their lives after the bus they were travelling in collided with a container on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, police said. 23 others were injured.

    A speeding mini-bus hit a container in the early hours of Sunday on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, formerly known as Aurangabad, police said.

    There were 35 passengers travelling by the private bus, an official said.

    The accident took place at around 12.30 am in Vaijapur area of the expressway in the district, located nearly 350 km from Mumbai, he said.

    The bus driver lost control over the wheels. As a result, the bus hit the container from the rear side, the official said.

    Twelve passengers were killed. The deceased include five men, six women and a minor girl, he said.

    The official said 23 others received injuries and they were admitted to a government hospital.

    Further details are awaited. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp

    12 people lost their lives after the bus they were travelling in collided with a container on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, police said. 23 others were injured.

    A speeding mini-bus hit a container in the early hours of Sunday on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, formerly known as Aurangabad, police said.

    There were 35 passengers travelling by the private bus, an official said.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The accident took place at around 12.30 am in Vaijapur area of the expressway in the district, located nearly 350 km from Mumbai, he said.

    The bus driver lost control over the wheels. As a result, the bus hit the container from the rear side, the official said.

    Twelve passengers were killed. The deceased include five men, six women and a minor girl, he said.

    The official said 23 others received injuries and they were admitted to a government hospital.

    Further details are awaited. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp