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."
Twenty-five people died and 8 were injured after a bus travelling from Maharashtra's Yavatmal to Pune caught fire in Buldhana on the Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway.
"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.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the next kin of the deceased and free treatment for those injured in the bus accident in Buldhana on the Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway on Saturday.
According to an official statement from the chief minister's office, Patnaik has ordered to provide free medical treatment to the injured and wished them a speedy recovery.
A complaint has been filed against the bus driver and its owner in the bus accident case that killed 13 people and left more than 30 people injured on the Islamabad-Lahore motorway near Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday, Dawn reported.
According to officials, the incident took place after the bus driver allegedly lost control and ended up ramming the vehicle into the parapet wall of the bridge.
Two persons were killed and six others were left injured after the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus fell down in a 150-meter-deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Wednesday.