"I boarded the Vidarbha Travels bus from Nagpur for Aurangabad. The bus overturned and caught fire immediately after it met with an accident on the Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway. 3 to 4 people broke the window and escaped, and soon after there was a blast in the bus," Yogesh Ramdas Gavai, a
According to police, a total of 33 people were travelling in the bus which was on its way to Pune. The bus owner, Virendra Darna, also said that the tyre burst caused the accident.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputy Devendra Fadnavis have reached Buldhana Civil Hospital to meet the injured in the Buldhana bus accident. Before reaching the hospital, they inspected the site of the accident in which 25 people died and eight sustained injuries.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputy Devendra Fadnavis have reached the accident site on the Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway where they are currently inspecting the accident site. They will meet with the injured in hospital.
Buldhana District Collector Dr HP Tummod on the bus tragedy said, "25 people have lost their lives in the accident. Identification of the bodies is being done. We will hand over the bodies to the relatives after the DNA identification."
"The driver of the bus who survived the accident said that the vehicle overturned after a tyre burst, and later caught fire killing 25 people on the spot and leaving 8 others injured," Buldhana SP Sunil Kadasane told ANI.