- Wednesday, March 05, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Ten people were killed while 20 others injured after a speeding bus collided with a lorry in Nashik district of the western Indian state of in Maharashtra on Friday (13) morning, police officials said.
The private luxury bus was carrying employees of a company based at Ambernath in the state’s Thane district who were heading for the temple town of Shirdi in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, officials said.
There were a total of 45 passengers in the bus.
The incident took place around 6 am local time near Pathare Shivar in Nashik’s Sinnar tehsil, around 180 kilometres from Mumbai, officials said.
The deceased included seven women, two small boys, and a man.
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the loss of life and announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh (£2,009) from the PM National Relief Fund to the next-of-kin of each deceased.
Pained by the loss of lives in an accident on the Nashik-Shirdi highway. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000: PM Modi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 13, 2023
The injured would be given Rs 50,000 (£502) each, the prime minister’s office tweeted.
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde also announced financial help of Rs 5 lakh (£5,023) each for the kin of the deceased while ordering an inquiry into the cause of the accident.
The injured were taken to the Sinnar Rural Hospital and Yashwant Hospital in Sinnar in Nashik district.
The death toll may increase as the condition of some of the injured was said to be critical, officials said.
In a tweet in Marathi, Shinde expressed grief over the incident.
नाशिक शिर्डी महामार्गावर झालेल्या खासगी बसचा अपघात अत्यंत दुर्दैवी आहे. या दुर्घटनेत मृतांच्या कुटुंबीयांना प्रत्येकी पाच लाखांची मदत जाहीर करण्यात आले असून जखमींवर शासकीय खर्चाने वैद्यकीय उपचार देण्यात येणार आहेत. तसेच या अपघाताच्या चौकशीचे निर्देश प्रशासनाला दिले आहेत.
— Eknath Shinde – एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) January 13, 2023
The government will bear the expenses of the treatment of the injured persons, a statement from his office said.
Shinde spoke to the Nashik divisional commissioner and asked him to shift the injured immediately to Nashik and Shirdi for treatment and also conduct an inquiry into the causes of the accident, it added.
Nashik collector Gangatharan D said that of the 10 deceased persons, six have been identified.
Nashik guardian minister Dada Bhuse visited a hospital in Sinnar where some of the injured persons were undergoing treatment, he said. He will also visit the accident spot, the collector said.
(PTI)
