On Tuesday night, the MSRTC bus had come to Saptashrungi Garh from Khamgaon in Buldhana district. The bus was going back on Wednesday morning when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it fell into a 150-foot-deep gorge

Local residents, police and other agencies reached the spot and started rescue and search operations, an official said

The incident took place around 5.45 am near a Ganesh temple at Vani on the Saptashrungi Garh ghat section in Kalwan taluka in Nashik district of Maharashtra

A woman died and 19 persons, including the driver and conductor of the bus, sustained injuries in the accident, an official said

The injured have been rushed to a state-run hospital and their medical treatment is underway, the official said