A woman was killed and two others injured in a collision between a private bus and a state transport bus on the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Highway in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on the Chikhali-Mehkar stretch of the Samruddhi Highway on Saturday morning when a private bus traveling from Surat to Mehkar collided with a state transport bus from behind.
A female passenger aboard the state transport bus suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. Two other passengers were injured and are receiving medical treatment.
The driver of the luxury bus has been arrested under section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code for causing death by negligence, along with other relevant charges.
In another incident on Sunday morning, a person was injured when a car collided with a stationary truck near Shindkhed toll plaza on the highway. The driver of the car suffered minor injuries and was taken to Jalna for treatment, the PTI report added.
Another incident occurred in early April on the Samruddhi Highway in Nashik district of Maharashtra, killing at least two people and seriously injuring three others, according to PTI.
The van was heading from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to Nashik when it lost control and overturned at Khamble Shivar village near Sinnar. The deceased were named Bajirao Eknath Gangurde (65) and Nisha Ramkisan Gatkal (20), one of them admitted to a private hospital in Sinnar and the other to the District Civil Hospital in Nashik, according to the news agency report.
Meanwhile, another tragic tragedy occurred on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Highway in Kheda district of Gujarat. A speeding car collided with a stopped truck, killing ten people, including a child. The truck was heading from Pune to Jammu when it stopped due to a mechanical problem, leading to the horrific incident.
Preliminary investigations indicate that both accidents were caused by a loss of vehicle control and mechanical failure. Authorities are investigating the incident to gather more information and maintain road safety.