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Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway blaze kills eight

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Six passengers, a driver and a cleaner of a private luxury bus were killed and 14 passengers injured when the bus rammed into a diesel oil tanker and caught fire on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway early on Wednesday.
The AC double decker bus, owned by Pune’s Prasanna Purple Travels, had 22 passengers and was going from Pune to Ahmedabad when the accident happened near Kude village in Thane district’s Manor town, the police said.
The accident occurred when the bus driver was attempting to overtake a stationary tanker and rammed into it. The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited tanker, carrying 12,000 litres of diesel, was headed for Hazira in Surat from Uran. A speeding Verna car that was behind the bus lost control and hit it. There were three Boisar residents in the car who escaped with minor injuries.
Villagers and fire brigade officials managed to douse the blaze after the accident, which caused massive traffic jams on the busy highway and other arterial roads.
The bodies were charred beyond recognition, the police said. The bodies will be handed over to family members after conducting DNA tests.
The tanker driver has been booked under various sections of the IPC and the Motor Vehicles Act,  Meghana Burande, assistant inspector, Manor police station, said. “We have contacted the owners of the tanker and the luxury bus. Investigations are on.

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