Thane: At least nine passengers of a state-run bus were injured, including two of them seriously, when the vehicle rammed into a tanker on Mumbai-Nashik highway here, police said today.

The MSRTC bus, coming from Jawhar taluka towards Thane city, hit the tanker from behind last evening near Lodha complex, they said. The tanker was coming from Bhiwandi towards Thane city, police said.