12 injured as bus overturns on highway

The bus run by a private operator was ferrying passengers from Mumbai to Nizamabad in Telangana.

The accident took place around 8.30 pm on the Pune Solapur Highway at Bhandgaon village in Daund taluka, located around 55 km from Pune City.

Inspector Hemant Shendge, in-charge of Yavat police station, said, “Primary probe suggests that the bus driver suddenly applied brakes to avoid hitting a vehicle, probably a bike, and then could not control the vehicle. The bus turned on its side, injuring 12 passengers.”

Officials said that while the exact number of passengers was not immediately known, the bus has a seating capacity of 40. Details of the nature of injuries to the 12 passengers also are unknown.

Pune Zilla Parishad officials said that after receiving a call about the accident, four ambulances were dispatched to the location and the injured were shifted to different hospitals.

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Officials said the bus was subsequently taken off the road and put back on its wheels with the help of a crane so that traffic, which had slowed down after the accident, could resume on the highway, officials said.