2023 Buldhana bus accident

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2023 Buldhana Bus Accident
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Date1 July 2023
2 AM IST
LocationPimpalkhuta Village Sindkhed Raja SubDivision,
Buldhana District, Maharashtra
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
OperatorPrivate bus
OwnerVirendra Darne
Incident typecaught fire
Statistics
BusVidarbha Travels
Passengers34
Deaths26
Injured8

On 1 July 2023, a private bus named Vidarbha Travels travelling on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Buldhana district in India caught fire. [1] 25 people died, and eight others were injured, in the accident. [2]

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Accident

The accident took place on a bus named Vidarbha Travels that was travelling on the Samruddhi Expressway in Pimpalkhuta Village near Sindkhed Raja, Buldhana District, Maharashtra. The bus was being driven from Nagpur to Pune. According to reports, the bus hit a pole on the expressway, overturned, and the diesel tank caught fire. Because the bus was overturned on its left side, the passenger exit was blocked. Additionally, the emergency door was not working. [3] [4] [5] The accident happened at about 2 am local time on 1 July 2023. There were 33 passengers on the bus. Most of the passengers were sleeping when the accident happened. 26 of them died and the remaining were injured. Three children died. The survivors escaped by breaking glass panes. The injured were taken to Buldhana Civil Hospital. [2] [3] [5] [6]

Investigation

The investigation of the accident determined that the bus driver, Danish Shaikh, was drunk. According to a chemical analysis report, the percentage of alcohol found in the blood sample of the driver was 0.30%. Shaikh was arrested for negligent driving. [4] After the accident, the Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Department asked the Automotive Research Association of India to review the design and safety measures implemented in sleeper coach buses. [7]

Response

Local rescue and fire brigade teams reached the accident site and extinguished the fire. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed their anguish over the accident. The Maharashtra government announced a ₹5 lakhs compensation for each of the families of those who died. [8] The government also announced that they will bear the full cost of treatment of the injured. Due to the fire, the bodies were unidentifiable and authorities decided to conduct DNA tests to determine the identity of the victims. [9]

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  5. 1 2 "Dozens dead in western India bus crash". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 1 July 2023.
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  7. ↑ "After Maharashtra Bus Accident, Design Of Sleeper Coaches To Be Probed". NDTV.com. 5 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Maharashtra: 25 killed as Pune-bound bus catches fire on Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway in Buldhana". The Times of India. 1 July 2023. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Maharashtra Accident LIVE: 26 Dead, Rs 7L Ex Gratia Declared; Bus Was Less Than Four Years Old, Say Officials". News18. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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