Like every year, 20-year-old Shraddha Kale spent her summer vacations at her native village in Satara and like every year she was going to come back to her home in Kandivli with her parents. But what the B Com student did different this time was opt for a luxury bus instead of a regular Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus, which proved fatal for her.

Lata and Dattatrey Kale after the accident at MGM Hospital in Panvel. (Right) Shraddha Kale. Pic/Sameer Markande