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Five people were killed and 22 others injured when a speeding private bus overturned in Maharashtra’s Beed district on Thursday morning, police said.
The accident took place at Aashta Fata between 5.45 am and 6 am when the bus was on way from Mumbai to Beed, located about 120 km from here, they said.
The bus was moving at a high speed. Its driver apparently lost control over the wheels and as a result it met with the accident, the police said.
Among those killed, four were residents of Beed district and one was from Yavatmal, Ashti police station in-charge Santosh Khetmalas told sources
Besides, 22 people were injured in this accident. They were taken to various hospitals for treatment, he said.