At least 11 persons, including a child, died and more than 25 were injured after a Mumbai-bound private sleeper bus collided with a speeding truck and caught fire in Maharashtra’s Nasik in the early hours of October 8, 2022.
The accident took place around 5.30 a.m. near Nasik’s Nandur Naka. It is learnt that the condition of three persons among 25 injured are critical.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed pain at the loss of lives in the tragic road accident and announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to the next of kin of each victim. The injured would be given Rs 50,000