India, May 12 -- Three persons were killed and eight others injured in a head-on collision between a mini-bus, carrying around 18 people, and a truck on the Satara-Lonand route near Salpe village during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The victims were part of a group of pilgrims from Ichalkaranji, travelling to Ujjain on a religious tour, when their bus crashed into a speeding truck.

The deceased have been identified as Salman Imtiaz Sayyad, 24, the driver of the bus; and Rajani Sanjay Dugale, 48, of Wadgaon in Hatkanangale Taluka. The third person, a woman, who had sustained critical injuries, died later during treatment at Satara Civil Hospital. The injured are undergoing treatment at the same facility.

The mini-bus, a t...