Death toll rises to 88 in Buldhana road accident, bus caught fire after colliding with divider

Samridhi Highway Accident: So far 88 people have lost their lives in road accidents on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra, including the death toll of 25 passengers who caught fire after a private bus rammed into a divider on Saturday. The officers provided this information. Officials told that this expressway was partially opened in December last year.

What is ‘Street Hypnosis’?
A Maharashtra Highway Police official said that one of the reasons for accidents happening on this six-lane wide expressway is road hypnosis. Road hypnosis is a mental state in which a driver drives a long distance without being influenced by external events, being hypnotized by the monotony of the road.

data given by the official
Citing statistics, the official said that since December last year, a total of 39 fatal accidents have taken place on the Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway. Apart from this, there have been 616 minor accidents on this expressway, in which 656 people suffered serious or minor injuries.

How do most events happen?
The official said that most of the accidents happened due to reasons like over speeding, the driver dozing off while driving and tire burst. He said that the Highway Police is trying to deal with the problem of road hypnosis. According to the official, in 2022, a total of 15,224 people died in road accidents in Maharashtra. Police said that a private bus caught fire after hitting the divider on the expressway in Buldhana district in the early hours of Saturday, due to which 25 passengers traveling in it were charred to death.

Let me tell you, this road accident happened in Buldhana, Maharashtra. After this many leaders of Maharashtra like Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar Jayant Patil and Aditya Thackeray have given their reaction on this.

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