Luxury bus from Gujarat collides with container in Maharashtra, 4 dead, over 30 injured

Rajkot

Four people including the driver, manager and cleaner of a luxury bus from Gujarat were killed while around 30 passengers injured in a road mishap on Goa-Lonavla road Near Talegaon in Pune district of neighbouring Maharashtra late last night.

The luxury sleeper bus from a travel agency in Rajkot which was on an excursion trip with 17 couples from Gujarat (11 from Rajkot, 4 from Ahmedabad and 3 from Varodara along with 6 children) had left the city on February 5. it has left Goa for Lonavla yesterday and while it was near Talegaon on the road which connect to the Mumbai Pune express way late last night it was hit by a container from the opposite side. Four people which also includes a woman cook sitting in the cabin of the bus were killed on the spot while those sleeping inside sustained injuries, police said.

They were admitted to a local hospital.

In other accidents in Gujarat today 3 of a marriage party going to Veraval were killed while 25 others injured when the mini truck they were traveling in turned turtle after hitting a roadside tree near Visavadar in Junagarh district. Two others returning from Ujjain were killed in another mishap in Surendranagar district when their car collided with a truck. Two persons also died when their car hit a tanker in Tarapur area of Anand district.

– DeshGujarat