7 injured after bus rams into container on Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway

“Primary probe suggests the bus driver lost control of the vehicle due to a suspected tyre burst. The bus crossed over the road median and rammed into a multi-axle container that was parked on the service road of the opposite corridor. There were 30 passengers in the 70-seater bus and seven of them were injured due to the impact,” said an officer from Rajgad police station.

The injured have been identified as Shamshad Khan (39), Feroz Atar (39), both residents of Sakinaka in Mumbai, Nayranoor Ahmed (25), Sudhir Salunkhe (25), Manoj Jatap (35), Maria Alfred (60) and Digambar Lotlokar (72), all residents of Goa. Of the injured, Alfred and Lotlikar have sustained critical injuries, an official said.