A tempo hit a private bus on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra's Raigad district in the early hours of Thursday, November 21, killing 14 persons, an official said.
The incident took place at around 3 am when the bus carrying 10 persons was on the way to Mumbai from Sangola.
The brakes of a tempo transporting chickens failed following which the vehicle hit the bus from behind, the official said.
The bus veered off the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, overturned and fell into a 20-foot-deep ditch on the roadside.
Official stated that 11 persons onboard the bus, including the driver, and three tempo occupants were injured, the official said, reported PTI.
The bus passengers were later rescued. They were treated for minor injuries at a civic-run hospital in Khopoli and later allowed to go.
The three tempo occupants received serious injuries. They were undergoing treatment at the MGM Hospital in Kalamboli near Panvel.
The Khopoli police were conducting a probe into the incident, the official added.
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