INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 25 people were killed and eight others injured after a bus caught fire overnight on an expressway in western India on Saturday,
police said.The bus was travelling to the city of Pune when it hit a pole and overturned after midnight, causing its diesel tank to catch
quoted police superintendent Sunil Kadasane as saying.Images showed the bus engulfed in flames and later the charred remains of the vehicle
vehicles, according to a World Bank report released in 2021.The same report estimated 150,000 car crash fatalities in India annually, or one
person every four minutes.It added that road crashes cost the Indian economy around US$75 billion each year, with medical expenses and loss
of income driving many accident survivors into poverty.In May, at least 21 people died when a bus veered off a bridge in India, reportedly
after the driver fell asleep at the wheel.And last October, at least 31 people were killed after a bus carrying wedding guests veered off
