India, May 9 -- Four people lost their lives and fifteen others sustained injuries when a speeding trailer collided head-on with a Maharashtra State Transport (ST) bus near Tarne village on Wednesday afternoon.

The accident took place around 12:45 PM on a ghat section of the Rahtad-Tala route. The ST bus, en route from Rahtad to Tala, was ascending a slope when it was struck by the trailer coming downhill from the opposite direction. The impact was so intense that a portion of the bus was torn apart.

According to preliminary investigations, the trailer was headed to a port and was being driven by 24-year-old Deendayal Ramkaran Pal, who had recently acquired a heavy motor vehicle licence. "He was unfamiliar with the route and relied on G...