<p>Thane: Three persons were killed and 15 others injured when an auto-rickshaw hit a bus and some other vehicles on a highway in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra">Maharashtra's</a> Thane district on Wednesday morning, police said.</p><p>The accident took place at 4.15 am on Mumbai-Agra highway near Khinavli bridge at Ghoteghar village in Shahapur taluka, they said.</p><p>The auto-rickshaw driver lost control over the wheels. As a result, the vehicle hit the road-divider, jumped the lane and collided with a private luxury bus, two cars and a tempo coming from the opposite direction, an official from Shahapur police station told PTI.</p> .Bus carrying pilgrims to Maha Kumbh catches fire in UP, 1 killed.<p>Three occupants of the bus died on the spot and 15 other persons, including the auto-rickshaw driver, were injured, he said.</p><p>The bus was on way from Nashik to Mumbai, the official said.</p><p>After being alerted, local police along with the emergency response teams rushed to the spot.</p><p>The injured persons were admitted to Shahapur sub-hospital and three of them were reported to be in a serious condition, the official said.</p><p>The bodies were sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, the police added.</p>
<p>Thane: Three persons were killed and 15 others injured when an auto-rickshaw hit a bus and some other vehicles on a highway in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra">Maharashtra's</a> Thane district on Wednesday morning, police said.</p><p>The accident took place at 4.15 am on Mumbai-Agra highway near Khinavli bridge at Ghoteghar village in Shahapur taluka, they said.</p><p>The auto-rickshaw driver lost control over the wheels. As a result, the vehicle hit the road-divider, jumped the lane and collided with a private luxury bus, two cars and a tempo coming from the opposite direction, an official from Shahapur police station told PTI.</p> .Bus carrying pilgrims to Maha Kumbh catches fire in UP, 1 killed.<p>Three occupants of the bus died on the spot and 15 other persons, including the auto-rickshaw driver, were injured, he said.</p><p>The bus was on way from Nashik to Mumbai, the official said.</p><p>After being alerted, local police along with the emergency response teams rushed to the spot.</p><p>The injured persons were admitted to Shahapur sub-hospital and three of them were reported to be in a serious condition, the official said.</p><p>The bodies were sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, the police added.</p>