OSMANABAD, India, June 16 (UPI) -- About 30 people were killed and an estimated 20 others critically injured Saturday when a bus carrying pilgrims to an Indian religious shrine ran off a bridge.
Passengers boarded the bus Friday in Hyderabad, headed for the shrine in Shirdi, The Hindu reported. The crash occurred at about 2 a.m. when the bus was about 25 miles from Osmanabad.
The Hindu said 29 people were killed and 21 hurt, while Indo-Asian News Service said the death toll was 32, with 15 injured. Most of the injured were in critical condition, IANS reported.
Eyewitnesses told IANS the bus caught fire after turning over.
Shirdi was the home of Sai Baba, a 19th-century guru revered by many Hindus and Muslims.
Sree Kaleshwari, the travel agency that organized the trip, said it had arranged for a bus to bring victims' relatives from Hyderabad to the crash site and to hospitals.
