At least 12 people died when a bus crashed into a container truck in India

At least 12 people were killed and 23 others injured after a minibus crashed into a container truck in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Ấn Độ: Xe buýt đâm vào xe container, ít nhất 12 người thiệt mạng

A badly damaged bus after an accident in India. (Illustration photo. Source: Middle East Online)

Indian police said the traffic accident occurred on the morning of October 15 on the Samruddhi Expressway in the Vaijapur area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, about 268 km east of Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra state.

Sources said there were 35 passengers on the bus at the time of the accident.

The victims' bodies have been removed from the scene and police have opened an investigation into the cause of the accident.

Earlier, a bus carrying dozens of members of a music troupe skidded off a highway and fell into a gorge in western India on April 15.

The bus crash killed 13 people and injured 29 others.

Deadly road accidents are common in India due to reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and old vehicles. According to police, more than 110,000 people die each year in traffic accidents across India.

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