11 killed as bus catches fire in India

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.

The accident occurred on Aurangabad road in the state’s Nashik district around 5.15am, 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 local media.

Local TV channels 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 5 lakh rupee for the families of each of the victims.

A probe has been ordered into the accident, the police officer said.