Maharashtra: On Sunday, a bus carrying 48 people overturned in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, killing two students and injuring several others. The incident occurred in Raigad’s Khopoli police station area when students were returning from a picnic when their bus overturned.
A case has been opened, according to the police.

“The bus overturned as students were returning from a picnic.” “A case has been filed,” said Gauri More Patil, Senior Police Inspector, according to ANI.

An official said the incident happened around 8 p.m. near Magic Point hill on the old Mumbai-Pune highway, about 14 km from Lonavala hill station.

He said the private bus was carrying at least 49 students from a coaching class in Mumbai’s suburban Chembur, all of whom were in class 10.

“While returning from a picnic in Lonavala (in Pune district), the bus driver lost control of the vehicle in the ghat (hilly road) terrain near Khopoli due to brake failure,” an official said.

The accident injured all of the students and the driver, he said, adding that they were taken to hospitals in Lonavala and Khopoli.

Maharashtra: According to the official, two students, ages 17 and 16, who were seriously injured, died during treatment.

Hitika Khanna, a resident of Chembur camp, and Raj Rajesh Mhatre (16), a resident of Asalfa village in suburban Ghatkopar, have been identified as the deceased.

The official added that the process of filing a FIR was underway.

More information is awaited.

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