At least 12 people were killed and 23 others injured when a speeding mini-bus collided with a container on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, formerly known as Aurangabad,India on Sunday.
The accident took place at around 12.30 am in Vaijapur area of the expressway in the district, located nearly 350 km from Mumbai.
The driver of the private bus, carrying 35 passengers, lost control over the wheel, and as a result hit the container from the rear side, according to Indian media.
Among the deceased were five men, six women and a minor girl, he said, adding the injured were admitted to a government hospital.