Overview

• Police said the two-wheeler struck the state bus after the rider lost control near Bhanwarpada Phata around 11 am.
• The victims — Govinda Kalu Pawar, Vikas Jairam Mali and Roshan Dayaram Mali — died at the scene and were residents of Sukatman village.
• The MSRTC bus was operating on the Nandurbar–Vasai route when the collision occurred on the Taharabad–Satana road near Vanoli village.
• Traffic on the stretch was brought to a standstill for some time, according to a Satana police official.
• Satana police registered a case and began a probe, with a separate Sept. 5 Mumbai–Nashik highway crash already resulting in the truck driver's arrest.