At least 10 people were killed, including two children, and more than 30 injured after a bus collided with a lorry on a motorway in India’s western Maharashtra state on Friday.
The bus was travelling from Mumbai to Shirdi — a small temple town famous for the shrine of Sai Baba, a spiritual master revered as a saint by millions across religious faiths.
Police said the bus, with about 50 passengers on board, collided head-on with the lorry at 5.30am.
Images shared on social media showed the mangled remains of the bus as locals and an ambulance tried to reach the injured.
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde has ordered an investigation into the accident, which occurred near Pathare village on the road from Nashik city to Shirdi.
