Overview
- The collision occurred around 2 pm on the Pune–Solapur highway near Uruli Kanchan when a school bus braked suddenly and a mini-truck carrying steel rods rear-ended it.
- Steel rods pierced the bus’s rear windshield, but police said the children’s minor injuries resulted from abrupt braking and shattered glass rather than the rods.
- About 40 students from Olympus School for Excellence, mostly aged six to seven, were onboard; eight children and a female attendant received treatment and were discharged.
- The motorcyclist identified in reports as Vitthal Raghunath Chaudhari, 70, sustained serious injuries and is unconscious in an ICU, according to police.
- Uruli Kanchan police have opened an investigation and say the process to register a case against the motorcyclist is underway, with vehicles cleared and traffic restored.