A tragic accident on the Pune-Nashik Highway claimed the lives of nine individuals on Friday morning when a tempo collided with their minivan, forcing it to crash into a stationary bus, according to the police.

The accident occurred near Narayangaon around 10 am. As per PTI reports, the minivan, travelling towards Narayangaon, was struck from behind by a tempo. The impact pushed the minivan into an empty bus that had been parked on the side of the road.