At least 12 people were killed in India when a bus caught fire after hitting a truck on a highway in India on Saturday.
Another 43 people with serious burns were taken to a hospital in Nashik, Maharashtra state.
Eknath Shinde, the top state elected official, said the cause of the fire is being investigated. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said he was “anguished by the bus tragedy”.
“May the injured recover at the earliest. The local administration is providing all possible assistance to those affected", he said.
The incident comes days after at least 25 people were killed after a bus carrying wedding guests veered off the road and fell into a deep gorge in northern India.
More than 110,000 people are killed every year in road accidents across India, according to the police.
The accidents are caused by reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and ageing vehicles.
The country accounts for 11 per cent of the global road death toll despite only having one per cent of the world’s vehicles, according to a World Bank report released last year.
Quadri Adejumo covers World News, Health, Climate & Humanitarian.
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