Five pilgrims died and over 30 were injured after their bus collided with a tractor on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, police reported on Tuesday.
VIDEO | Maharashtra: Atleast five people lost their lives and several got injured after the bus they were travelling in plunged into a ditch on Mumbai-Pune expressway.
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The victims were warkaris (devotees of Lord Vitthal) traveling to Pandharpur for the Ashadhi Ekadashi celebrations from Dombivli, near Mumbai. The accident occurred around midnight when the bus hit a tractor and fell into a gorge.
DCP Vivek Pansare told reporters that the bus was carrying 42 passengers from Dombivli to Pandharpur when it crashed near Adne village.
The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, with three in serious condition, he added.
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