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Officials visit the site of the bus crash AP/PA
India
Twenty-five dead after bus crashes and catches fire in India
Eight survivors were taken to hospital.
25 PEOPLE HAVE been killed in India after a burst tyre caused a bus to lose control, crash into a road divider and go up in flames.
Some 33 people were on the bus when the smash happened at about 1.30am on a motorway in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra state, police officer Sunil Kadasne said.
The eight survivors were taken to hospital, he said.
The private travel bus was headed to Pune city from Nagpur, another city in the state.
Deadly road crashes are common in India, often due to reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and ageing vehicles.
More than 110,000 people are killed every year in road accidents across India, police said.
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