Authorities in Maharashtra said that at least twenty-five bus passengers reportedly died after it caught fire on the Samruddhi Expressway in the state's Buldhana district on Saturday. Some other reports said that twenty-six people died in the accident.

The private travels bus was on its way from Nagpur to Pune when it hit a pole and then rammed into a divider around 1.30 am near Pimpalkhuta village, news agency PTI quoted a police official as saying. The bus turned turtle and caught fire, police added.