At least 11 dead after bus catches fire in India
A bus caught fire after hitting a truck on a highway in western India early Saturday, killing at least 11 passengers, an official said.
Another 24 people were injured and taken to a hospital in Nashik, a city in Maharashtra state, said Eknath Shinde, the top state elected official. Most passengers were sleeping when the bus caught fire around 5 a.m. and the vehicle was completely burned, the Press Trust of India news agency said.Nashik is nearly 200 kilometers northeast of Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra.
Hundreds of thousands of people are killed or injured annually on India’s roads. Most accidents are blamed on reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and aging vehicles.
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