'Incident is very unfortunate,' NCP leader Supriya Sule on Pune-Bengaluru Highway accident

 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule on Sunday reached the accident site on the Pune-Bengaluru Highway near the Narhe area of Pune city where four people died.

"The incident is very unfortunate. After coming here, the police informed me that the incident took place due to brake failure. We will wait for the investigation," NCP MP Sule said.

"Police and administration did a good job and admitted the injured to the hospital," she added.

Collision took place between a truck and a private bus 

Four people died while 22 others sustained injuries in a road accident on the Pune-Bengaluru Highway near the Narhe area of Pune city on Sunday, police said.

The collision took place between a truck and a private bus on the Highway early Sunday morning.

"Four dead, 22 others injured in a collision between a truck and a private bus on Pune-Bengaluru Highway near Narhe area of Pune city around 3 am today," a police official informed.

Meanwhile, the injured people have been shifted to a hospital where they are undergoing treatment, the police added.

Further details into the matter are awaited.

Earlier on April 15, 12 people were killed and over 25 persons were injured after a bus fell into a ditch in the Khopoli area of Maharashtra's Raigad.

According to Raigad Superintendent of Police (SP) "There were 40 to 45 people in the bus, out of which, seven people have died while more than 25 people are injured, the rescue is still underway, a crane has been called to pull out the bus." Passengers of the bus belonged to an organization from the Goregaon area that had gone to Pune for an event and was on a return trip.