Nashik: At least 20 dead, 18 injured in bus-autorickshaw crash; vehicles fall into well

NASHIK: At least 20 passengers were killed and 18 injured after a speeding state transport bus collided with an autorickshaw and both the vehicles fell into a roadside well after the accident in Nashik district on Tuesday.

The accident took place in the evening at Meshi Phata on the Malegaon -Deola Road in the North Maharashtra district, around 200km from here, an official said.

The speeding ST bus crashed into the auto-rickshaw, leaving seven people dead, he said, adding the injured were mostly bus passengers.

The bodies were pulled out from the roadside well in which both the vehicles plunged after the collision, the official said.

Police and local rescue teams have reached the spot, he added.

With inputs from agencies