India News | One Dead, 28 Injured After ST Bus Hits Container Truck on Mumbai-Goa Highway in Raigad
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A man died and 28 persons were injured after a state transport (ST) bus collided with a container truck on Mumbai-Goa highway in the early hours of Sunday, a police official said.
Mumbai, Sep 17 (PTI) A man died and 28 persons were injured after a state transport (ST) bus collided with a container truck on Mumbai-Goa highway in the early hours of Sunday, a police official said.
The incident took place near Mangaon in Talegaon village when the bus and container truck were moving side by side, the Raigad police official said.
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"The bus dashed against the truck. Passenger Vinod Tarale (38), a resident of Dombivali, died, while his wife Vaishnavi and 15-year-old son Atharva are seriously injured. In all 28 passengers, including nine women, three girls and five boys, were injured," he said.
MSRTC authorities arranged a bus to ferry the passengers to their destinations after the incident, he added.
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