Death toll in M'rashtra bus accident rises to 23

With one more woman succumbing to her injuries, the death toll in a luxury bus accident near Vani, about 47 km from Nasik has gone up to 23, police said.

With one more woman succumbing to her injuries, the death toll in a luxury bus accident near Vani, about 47 km from Nasik has gone up to 23, police said.

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The woman died at Nasik Civil Hospital on Saturday night, hospital sources said on Sunday.

Twenty-three people, including six women and an equal number of children from Mumbai were killed and 40 others seriously injured when a private luxury bus overturned at Ahivant-wadi.

There were 63 passengers, who were proceeding to Shirdi after visiting temple at Saptshringigarh, police said.