One dead, seven injured as ST bus hits truck on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

A police official said that one passenger died and at least seven others were injured after a staterun bus they were travelling in collided with a truck on the MumbaiPune Expressway early on Saturday reported news agency PTIThe incident took place near Lonavala in Pune district around 3 am he saidThe Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC bus from Pathardi depot in Ahmednagar was on its way to Mumbai when it collided with a truck from behind Both the vehicles were going in the same direction he said reported PTIA male passenger identified as Vishwanath Bhagwan Waghmare died in the incident while seven to eight passengers suffered injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment the official said adding that traffic on the MumbaiPune Expressway route was disrupted for some time but the authorities soon cleared it23 passengers injured as bus hits heavy vehicle on MumbaiPune ExpresswayAt least 23 passengers were injured 11 of them seriously after a private bus they were travelling in hit a heavy vehicle on the MumbaiPune Expressway near Lonavala in Pune district early on October 17 police saidThe bus was travelling to Borivali in Mumbai from Kolhapur in western Maharashtra when the accident took place around 5 am they saidIt appears that the driver of the bus dozed off which resulted in it hitting a heavy vehicle like a container or a trailer from behind While 11 of the passengers were seriously injured 12 others sustained minor injuries a police official from Lonavala saidAll the injured passengers were admitted to a hospital and are currently undergoing treatment he saidFive dead 42 injured as in accident on MumbaiPune ExpresswayIn July this year a Pandharpurbound bus carrying warkaris or pilgrims hit a tractor on the MumbaiPune Expressway leaving at least five persons killed and 42 injured reported PTINotably tractors are not allowed on the expresswayThe bus was carrying 54 warkaris devotees of Lord Vitthal to Pandharpur in Solapur district ahead of the Ashadhi Ekadashi celebrations from Dombivli near MumbaiAccording to deputy commissioner of police Vivek Pansare the accident took place around midnight near Panvel in Navi MumbaiAs per the PTI report the speeding bus hit the tractor from behind while trying to overtake it police said Among the five deceased three were passengers from the bus while two were persons riding on the tractor identified as driver Tarvez Salahuddin Ahmed 27 and Deepak Sohan Rajbhar 30The deceased bus passengers were identified as Hausabai Hari Patil 65 Ramdas Narayan Mukadam 71 and Gurunath Bapu Patil 65 said the PTI reportAfter hitting the tractor the bus broke through the barricade of the expressway falling into a 20footdeep gorge an official saidThe injured pilgrims were rushed to a private hospital As per the PTI report the condition of seven of them was serious he saidWith inputs from PTI