A passenger bus carrying dozens of members of a music troupe slid off a freeway and fell right into a gorge in western India on Saturday, killing 13 individuals and injuring 29 others, police mentioned.

The bus was on its approach to Mumbai, India’s monetary capital, in Maharashtra state, from Pune metropolis, the place the musicians held a efficiency, mentioned Atul Zende, a police officer. The actual reason for the crash was not instantly recognized.

Zende mentioned a lot of the passengers who died had been a part of the music troupe from Mumbai.

He mentioned rescue employees pulled out the badly injured from the wreckage of the bus and despatched them to a hospital.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed sorrow over the accident and introduced financial reduction to the victims’ households.

Deadly street accidents are frequent in India resulting from reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and ageing autos. More than 110,000 persons are killed yearly in street accidents throughout India, in line with police.