At least seventeen people were killed and over 35 injured early today after a bus reportedly hit two cars and fell into a 20-feet deep ditch on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. The accident took place at around 5.30 this morning. According to initial reports, a Swift car had stopped on the side of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway as the driver was changing a punctured tyre.
Another Innova car had stopped in the first lane to help the driver. A luxury bus, coming from Satara, crashed into the Innova vehicle and it fell into fell into a 20-feet deep ditch on the left of the Expressway. The bus was heading to Mumbai, and the accident took place in Navi Mumbai, towards the end of the Mumbai-end of the Expressway. The injured were rushed to hospitals at Kamothe and Panwel.