<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">As many as 11 people were killed and 38 others injured after a bus caught fire following a collision with a truck in the western Indian state of Maharashtra early on Saturday morning.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The accident occurred on Aurangabad road  in the state's Nashik district around 5.15am, police said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Most of those killed were passengers of the bus, a sleeper coach. The inured have been shifted to the hospital for treatment," Amol Tambe, deputy commissioner of Nashik Police, told the local media.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Local TV channels reported that some of the bus passengers were charred to death while others lost their lives in the impact of the collision.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">State Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the families of each of the victims.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A probe has been ordered into the accident, the police officer said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Road accidents are common in India, with one taking place every four minutes. These accidents are often blamed on poor roads, rash driving and scant regard for traffic laws.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Indian government's implementation of stricter traffic laws in recent years has failed to rein in accidents, which claim over 100,000 lives every year. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>