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 folks and injuring 29 others, police stated.

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

Zende stated many of the passengers who died had been a part of the music troupe from Mumbai.

He stated rescue staff pulled 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 aid to the victims’ households.

Deadly highway accidents are widespread in India as a result of reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and ageing autos. More than 110,000 persons are killed yearly in highway accidents throughout India, in response to police.