25 die when bus crashes and catches fire in western India
A tire burst caused a bus to lose control and crash into a highway divider and catch fire, killing 25 people in western India early Saturday, police told local media.Police officer Sunil Kadasne told the Press Trust of India news agency that 33 people were on the bus when the accident occurred around 1:30 a.m. (4:00 p.m. ET) on a road in the Buldhana district of India. Maharashtra state. The eight survivors were taken to a hospital, he said.The private tour bus was heading to the city of Pune from Nagpur, another city in the state.Fatal road accidents are common…
