Five people were killed and 10 injured as two Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) buses collided near Bardoli town in Gujarat’s Surat district on Tuesday, police said.
One of the buses overturned and caught fire after the crash on National Highway 53 near Uva village in Bardoli taluka, trapping several passengers inside, officials said.
“It is not clear whether it was a head-on collision or both buses were going in one direction. After the accident, one of the buses overturned and caught fire," Bardoli Rural police inspector PN Jadeja told reporters.
Five people were killed on the spot and 10 were injured and referred to hospital. Some passengers are feared trapped inside the bus which caught fire. Efforts were on to douse the fire and rescue the people, he said.
Police teams from Surat and neighbouring Tapi district rushed to the spot.
