As many as 11 people were killed and 38 others injured after a bus caught fire following a collision with a truck in the western Indian state of Maharashtra early on Saturday morning.
The accident occurred on Aurangabad road in the state's Nashik district around 5:15am, police said.
"Most of those killed were passengers of the bus, a sleeper coach. The inured have been shifted to the hospital for treatment," Amol Tambe, deputy commissioner of Nashik Police, told the local media.
Local TV channels reported that some of the bus passengers were charred to death while others lost their lives in the impact of the collision.
State Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced a compensation of Rs 0.5 lakh for the families of each of the victims.
A probe has been ordered into the accident, the police officer said.
Road accidents are common in India, with one taking place every four minutes. These accidents are often blamed on poor roads, rash driving and scant regard for traffic laws.
The Indian government's implementation of stricter traffic laws in recent years has failed to rein in accidents, which claim over 100,000 lives every year.
