At least two school students were killed and several injured after a bus carrying a total of 52 passengers, including 48 students, overturned on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Sunday. The accident took place near Raigad district’s Khopoli while the group was returning to Chembur from a picnic at ‘Wet N Joy Waterpark & Amusement Park’.
The two students who died in the fateful accident have been identified as Hitika Deepak Khanna and Raj Mahatre. At least 49 passengers on board the bus are said to be injured.
Prima facie, the driver of the bus lost control of the wheel due to the failure of the brakes. The incident occurred near Magic Point hill on the old Mumbai-Pune highway around 8 pm, about 14 km from Lonavala hill station, an official said.
At least 49 students of a coaching class from suburban Chembur in Mumbai were travelling in the private bus, he said, adding they all are students of class 10.
“While returning from a picnic in Lonavala (located in Pune district), the driver of the bus lost his control over the vehicle in the ghat (hilly road) terrain near Khopoli due to the failure of brakes,” the official said.
All the students and the driver sustained injuries in the accident, he said, adding they were rushed to hospitals in Lonavala and Khopoli. Two students aged 17 and 16, who were seriously injured, were declared dead during treatment, the official said.
The process to register an FIR was on, the official added.
(With inputs from PTI)
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