At least nine people were killed and over 25 others injured when a luxury bus packed with devotees returning to Mumbai from Shirdi crashed into a SUV on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway near Lahe village, 80 kms from Mumbai. While all four occupants of the SUV were killed on the spot, five bus passengers too perished in the horrific accident.

The driver of the Mumbai-bound bus lost control, jumped the road divider and collided head on with the SUV coming from the opposite direction. Pics/Seema Jadhav