Mumbai: Tragedy struck on the Mumbai Express Highway as four people lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when a bus carrying devotees collided with a tractor and fell into a ditch late Monday night.
DCP Navi Mumbai Pankaj Dahane confirmed the incident, stating, “Four people died and several others were injured after a bus collided with a tractor and fell into a ditch near the Mumbai Express Highway. All the injured were admitted to the nearby MGM Hospital.”
The bus, transporting devotees from Kesar village in Dombivli to Pandharpur, Maharashtra, was involved in the accident, disrupting traffic on the Mumbai-Lonavala lane of the highway.
Emergency crews utilized a crane to retrieve the bus, allowing traffic to resume after a three-hour disruption.