Maharashtra Bus Accident Death Count Rises To 12, PM Modi Expresses Grief
NDTV
The accident occurred around 12.30 pm on Friday when the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC)'s Shivshahi bus was speeding along the Gondia-Kohmara Road near Khajri village.
The death count from the bus accident in Gondia climbed to 12, including seven women, besides another 15 injured, some gravely, on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the tragedy.
The accident occurred around 12.30 pm on Friday when the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC)'s Shivshahi bus was speeding along the Gondia-Kohmara Road near Khajri village.
The bus, bound from Nagpur to Gondia and onwards to Bhandara with around 35 passengers on board, was speeding and trying to overtake a truck along a curve on the road in the Murdarli forest region, when a motorcycle suddenly appeared before it.
