At least 26 people were killed when a speeding state transport (ST) bus collided with an autorickshaw and both the vehicles fell into a roadside well in Maharashtras Nashik district on Tuesday, police said. More than 18 people also suffered injuries in the accident which took place in the evening at Meshi Phata on the Malegaon-Deola Road in the North Maharashtra district, an official said. The speeding ST bus, packed with passengers, crashed into the auto-rickshaw, he said, adding the injured were mostly bus passengers. The impact of the collision was so severe that the bus dragged the auto-rickshaw along with it and both the vehicles fell into a roadside well, the official said. Maharashtra: A bus and a rickshaw fell into a well after ramming into each other, in Deola area of Nashik. Rescue operation underway. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/8HQzagzDye — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2020 "As of now we have pulled out 15 bodies from the well and injured have been rushed to state-run hospitals in Malegaon and Deola," Sadashiv Waghmare, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nashik Rural, said. The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation-run (MSRTC) bus was on its way to Kalwan in Nashik from the adjoining Dhule district, while the auto-rickshaw was coming from opposite direction, he said. A rescue operation was on at the crash site, he added. Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also, download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get the latest updates

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