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At the least 25 individuals have been killed after a bus carrying a marriage social gathering burst into flames after crashing in India’s western state of Maharashtra on Saturday.
Baburao Mahamuni, Deputy Superintendent of Police in Buldhana, mentioned the incident had taken place on the Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway, CNN’s Indian affiliate Information 18 reported.
Mahamuni mentioned the injured have been being taken to Buldhana Civil Hospital.
Police consider the bus crashed on account of rain at round 2 a.m. native time on Saturday because it was going from Yavatmal to Pune and its diesel tank then caught fireplace.
Information 18 translated a tweet from Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde wherein he expressed condolences and supplied compensation to the relations of the deceased.
“Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has expressed deep grief over the horrific accident of a personal bus on the Samruddhi freeway close to Sindkhedaraja within the Buldhana district,” the tweet learn.
It mentioned the Chief Minister’s Aid Fund would supply round $6,000 to the households of every particular person killed “on this unlucky incident”.