A state transport bus collided head-on with a car near Shindewadi Phata in Maharashtra’s Beed district on Sunday morning, killing five members of a family and critically injuring another person, according to a report by Navbharat Times – Mumbai. The crash took place in the Majalgaon area on the Khamgaon-Pandharpur National Highway at about 11 am.
The family was travelling by car towards Tuljapur for a religious visit when the vehicle was involved in the collision with the state transport bus. The report said five people in the car died at the spot, while one person was seriously injured. The identities of those killed and the injured person were not provided in the supplied report.
The crash occurred near Shindewadi Phata, a roadside location in Majalgaon. The force of the impact severely damaged the car and also caused extensive damage to the front portion of the state transport bus, commonly referred to as the red bus. Local people gathered at the scene after the collision, the report said.
The incident was captured by a private closed-circuit television camera installed along the roadside. Footage reportedly recorded the moment of the crash, although the supplied report does not provide details about the vehicles’ speeds, the road conditions, visibility or the circumstances immediately before the collision.
The Khamgaon-Pandharpur National Highway is being used by travellers moving between towns and religious destinations in the region. The family involved in the crash was travelling towards Tuljapur, a destination that attracts visitors from across Maharashtra and neighbouring states. The report did not specify whether traffic was disrupted after the collision or how long emergency response and clearance operations took.
The supplied report also does not identify the bus route, the driver, the injured person’s current condition, or whether the authorities have registered a case or ordered an investigation. It similarly does not state whether any enforcement action has been taken or whether officials have issued a preliminary assessment of the cause of the crash.
The latest reported milestone is the ongoing response to the fatal collision near Shindewadi Phata. Further details on the victims, the injured person’s treatment and the official findings will depend on statements from the police, transport authorities and medical officials.
