Raigad Superintendant of Police Somnath Gharge said that rescue operations have been completed in the incident which took place around 4 am on the old Mumbai-Pune highway.
In India's Maharashtra, 12 people were killed and 27 more were injured when a bus they were travelling by fell into a gorge. As per the police, the accident happened on the old Mumbai-Pune highway in the Raigad district of Maharashtra early on Saturday. Among the passengers was a traditional music troupe called 'Baji Prabhu Vaadak Group' travelling from Pune to Mumbai.
Taking to Twitter, President of India Droupadi Murmu shared her condolences for the families of the victims.