In a head-on collision between two private passenger buses during the wee hours of Saturday, 7 lives were claimed on National Highway 53 at Nandura Naka flyover in Malkapur, Buldhana district. One of the private buses was ferrying devotees returning from Amarnath, while the other one was heading towards Nashik. Twenty persons have been sent to hospitals in Buldhana.

According to the highway police, the incident occurred at around 2:30 am. One bus owned by Shree Balaji Tirth Yatra company, Hingoli (MH-08-9458), was returning to Hingoli, while the travel bus of Royal Company (MH-27-BX-4566) was traveling towards Nashik from Nagpur. One of the buses was attempting to overtake a truck but ended up colliding with the other bus in front.