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3 killed, 14 injured as bus hits truck in Pune

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Published : Oct 21, 2019, 12:11 PM IST

Updated : Oct 21, 2019, 1:07 PM IST

An accident took place in Pune where three people were killed and nearly 14 others got injured after a private bus carrying around 35 passengers hit a stationary truck. The bus was on way to Kolhapur from Mumbai.

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Pune (Maharashtra): Three people were killed and nearly 14 others injured when a bus hit a stationary truck on the Mumbai-Pune highway here in Maharashtra on Monday early morning, a police official said.

The mishap took place in the Kamshet area around 4 am when the private bus, carrying around 35 passengers, was on way to Kolhapur from Mumbai, he said.

The bus driver apparently lost control over the wheels following which the vehicle hit a truck, which was parked on a roadside after it broke down, deputy superintendent of police, Lonavla division, Navneet Kanwat said.

"Three people were killed in the mishap. Around 12 to 14 others were injured. They were rushed to a hospital in Talegaon where they were undergoing treatment," he said.

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Last Updated : Oct 21, 2019, 1:07 PM IST

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