Mumbai: Eight people have died after a luxury bus met with an accident on the outskirts of Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Nearly 14 people are said to be injured. The driver of the diesel tanker is absconding.
According to sources, the purple-coloured bus was en route to Ahmedabad from Pune, when it hit a diesel tanker near Kude village in Manor between between 1 and 2 am on Wednesday.
The tanker belonged to the BPCL and was carrying diesel towards Hazira in Gujarat. Due to the collision, both the vehicles immediately caught fire, police said.
As per the initial reports, all the deceased were occupants of the ill-fated bus. "The bodies could not be identified as they are charred beyond recognition. The bodies have been sent for postmortem. The district administration is in the process of contacting the bus operator to get the names of the passengers travelling in the bus," Thane District Collector P Velrasu said.
The administration is making all efforts to establish the identify of the victims and those identified would be handed over after due verification, he added. The injured are undergoing treatment at Manor Rural Hospital and are said to be out of danger.
Fire engines from the nearby areas brought the fire under control, officials said, adding that the district and police authorities are supervising the relief and rescue operations.
On May 29, 2013 a similar accident involving a luxury bus and tanker close to this spot had left 14 people dead and 40 injured.
(With additional information from PTI)
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