Travellers from Porbandar killed in Maharashtra bus accident

Ahmedabad, 4 February 2014

Ten people including seven women, majority of them from Porbandar in Gujarat were killed and at least 35 injured when the luxury bus they were travelling in fell into a deep ditch along the Pune-Solapur Highway late Monday, at around 9.45 p.m.

Around 40 travelers from Porbandar were returning from 26-day long South India tour in bus no. GJ23W7992.

The accident occurred in the treacherous Khambatki Ghat area of the highway when the bus was negotiating a sharp ‘S turn’. The bus went off the road into a ditch (which was) at least 20 feet deep.Six passengers died instantly, while the rest died on way to hospital.

The tragedy was compounded when at least three private vehicles that stopped to help the bus accident victims were hit by a speeding container vehicle.

Four people in the cars were injured and their vehicles were badly damaged, he added.

The condition of 11 of the injured is said to be serious.

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