A bus accident in Palghar district of Maharashtra this morning left 55 passengers injured, with the majority being school and college students, according to officials.
The accident took place around 6:45 am near Desai village in Wada tehsil, an official of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) said.”The bus involved in the accident was operated by the MSRTC. It was carrying a large number of school and college students,” the corporation’s Thane divisional controller Vilas Rathod said.
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Palghar Bus Accident
A total of 70 passengers were traveling in the bus when it collided with a truck. The truck was coming from the opposite direction on Chinchpada-Wada Road. Of them, 55 passengers, including 47 students, were injured. However, none of them suffered any major injury, he said.
All the injured persons, including the bus driver, were taken to local hospitals. After primary treatment, all of them were allowed to return home, he said.
Police inspector Suresh Kadam confirmed that the injured included a large number of students.
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