25-Jan-2024 05:46 PM
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Mumbai, Jan 25 (Reporter) At least 3 passengers were killed, and 17 others injured when a tourist bus rammed into a truck near Talegaon-Dashasar in Amravati on the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway on Thursday, officials said.
According to information received, the incident occurred at 5 a.m. when a bus with over 30 passengers was speeding on the Samruddhi corridor when it suddenly crashed into a container truck ahead and then banged on the road divider.
At least three people on board were killed instantly and 17 more injured, including eight critically ill, who have been rushed to hospitals in Talegaon-Dashasar and Amravati.
The driver, whose identity is not known, has reportedly fled from the spot after the accident, and police are on the lookout for him.
Police and rescue teams rushed to the spot and managed to remove the other passengers trapped inside the bus, while the bodies of the victims were sent for identification and autopsy...////...