Updated On: 01 July, 2023 09:25 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Samruddhi Expressway accident: The private travels bus was on its way from Nagpur to Pune when it hit a pole and then rammed into a divider around 1.30 am

Buldhana: Rescue workers near the passenger bus which met with an accident and caught fire killing 25 passengers on the Samruddhi Expressway, in Buldhana district. Pic/PTI
Authorities in Maharashtra said that at least twenty-five bus passengers reportedly died after it caught fire on the Samruddhi Expressway in the state`s Buldhana district on Saturday. Some other reports said that twenty-six people died in the accident.
The private travels bus was on its way from Nagpur to Pune when it hit a pole and then rammed into a divider around 1.30 am near Pimpalkhuta village, news agency PTI quoted a police official as saying. The bus turned turtle and caught fire, police added.