Six killed as car collides with bus in Maharashtra

Six persons were killed when a car collided with a state transport bus near a village on Mumbai-Goa Highway in Maharashtra’s Raigad district this morning, police said.

The car was going from Mumbai to Mandangad in Ratnagiri district when it collided head-on with the bus coming from the opposite direction close to Indapur village at around 7 AM, Raigad police control room said.

The bus was going from Panaji to Mumbai.

In the accident, all five occupants of the car and one bus passenger died on the spot, police said. The five occupants of the car were from the same family, they said.