Bus collided with container due to driver falling asleep

Balasahana Suresh

A bus has crashed near Lonavala in Maharashtra. 23 people have been injured in this incident, out of which 11 are in critical condition. This is a private bus which collided with a container truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. On receiving information about the incident, the police reached the spot and the injured were admitted to the hospital.

The collision was so severe that the front of the bus was completely damaged. This information has been given by the pune Rural police Officer.

accident caused by driver's negligence

This is a private sleeper bus in which people were going to Mumbai. A police officer said, "This bus was going from Kolhapur to Borivali in mumbai which has met with an accident. It seems that the driver of the bus had fallen asleep. Due to which the bus collided with a heavy vehicle from behind. It was probably a container or trailer. As a result, 11 passengers were seriously injured and have fractures. While the rest have suffered minor injuries. The process of registering a case has been started.''

Traffic disrupted due to bus accident

Meanwhile, the injured are being treated in the hospital. It is being told that when the accident happened, all the passengers were sleeping. The driver also started feeling sleepy. The collision was so severe that all the passengers were injured. Due to the accident, traffic on the lane going to mumbai was also disrupted for some time. vehicles remained stuck in the traffic. At the same time, the police removed the accidented bus from the road after which the traffic became normal.

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