Charred remains of a bus after it hit a truck and caught fire on Aurangabad Road in Nashik district. Pic/PTI
The accident took place at Nandur Naka on Nashik-Aurangabad highway around 5.15 am when the 'sleeper' bus was coming from Yavatmal in eastern Maharashtra, officials told PTI. (Pic/PTI)
"A luxury bus travelling to Mumbai from Yavatmal hit a trailer truck going to Pune at an intersection near Mirchi Hotel on Nashik-Aurangabad highway. Soon after ramming into the truck, the bus caught fire in which 11 passengers died," Nashik Police Commissioner Jayant Naiknavare said. (Pic/PTI)
Before catching fire, the bus also hit a mini cargo van, due to which it got overturned, the commissioner added. (Pic/Pallav Paliwal)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the loss of lives in the bus tragedy and said ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh would be given to the next of kin of each deceased and the injured would be given Rs 50,000 each. (Pic/Pallav Paliwal)
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the dead and said the medical expenses of the injured would be borne by the state government. (Pic/PTI)
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