Yet another accident occurred on the Samruddhi highway in the early hours of Sunday near Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar when a tempo traveller collided with a truck, resulting in the deaths of at least 12 individuals, including a 5-year-old girl, and leaving several others hospitalised and one orphaned.

A total of 35 passengers were travelling in the minibus from Buldhana to Shirdi when, at midnight, their vehicle collided with the truck just a few kilometres before the Vaijapur toll naka. Among the other deceased were six women and five men, who passed away at Vaijapur district hospital while receiving treatment. Meanwhile, 17 injured individuals have been admitted to Ghati hospital, with two of them in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to severe head injuries.