A bus on its way to a hill station fell into a gorge in Raigad district of Maharashtra Saturday, killing 33 passengers,
senior officials said. The bus was carrying 34 staff members of an agriculture university in the Konkan region.
It fell into a 500-feet deep gorge at Ambenali Ghat near Poladpur town, around 180km from here, District Collector Vijay Suryawanshi told PTI.
He said 33 passengers died in the accident, which took place at around 12.30pm.
Police officer Anil Paraskar said the passengers were on their way to Mahabaleshwar, a hill station in Satara district, for a picnic, when the driver lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a turn and fell into the gorge.
The passengers were all staff of the Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth in Dapoli town, he said.
The National Disaster Response Force has sent a team to the spot to pull out the bodies and the bus. A dozen ambulances and 15 doctors have also reached the spot, an official said, reports PTI.
