Eleven people were killed and 38 others injured after a bus caught fire following a collision with a truck in the western Indian state of Maharashtra early on Saturday morning, reports UNB.
The accident occurred on Aurangabad road in the state's Nashik district around 5.15am in the morning, police said.
"Most of those killed were passengers of the bus, a sleeper coach. The inured have been shifted to the hospital for treatment," Amol Tambe, deputy commissioner of Nashik Police, told the media.
Local media reported that some of the bus passengers were charred to death while others lost their lives in the impact of the collision.
State Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the families of each of the victims.
A probe has been ordered into the accident, the police officer said.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
