At least 16 passengers of a civic bus escaped unhurt, after a dumper truck rammed into the vehicle in Maharashtra's Thane city on Sunday, an official said.

The accident took place in Owale area of the city around 8.30 am when a bus belonging to the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) was heading to Borivali in neighbouring Mumbai, said Avinash Sawant, chief of regional disaster management cell said.