14 dead, 36 injured in bus-tanker collision in Thane

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Press Trust of India Thane (Maha)
Last Updated : May 29 2013 | 10:37 AM IST
At least 14 people were killed and 36 others injured in a collision between a private bus and a tanker at Medvan Khind on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway today.
The collision between the private luxury bus and the tanker took place around 7 AM, police said.
Resident Deputy Collector Manoj Gohad said rescue operations have already been launched.
"The disaster management machinery has been pressed into service and medical teams have been dispatched to the accident site," he said.
The injured were rushed to various hospitals around Dahanu, Additional Collector Ashok Shingare said, adding the critically injured were being shifted to hospitals in Mumbai.

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First Published: May 29 2013 | 10:37 AM IST

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