16-Jul-2024 11:39 AM
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Pune, July 16 ( UNI) Five devotees died on spot, while eight others were seriously injured when a private bus in which they were traveling collided with a tractor on the Mumbai-Pune expressway on Tuesday.
According to highway police, a Mumbai-based private bus carrying 54 devotees to Pandharpur on the occasion of the Aghadi Ekadashi (falls tomorrow) pilgrimage collided with a tractor on the Mumbai-Pune Highway, causing the bus to plunge into a gorge, resulting in the deaths of five on spot.
The injured have been admitted to the nearby express highway, police said.
More details of incidents are awaited, the police said...////...