India, May 6 -- Four members of a family lost their lives, while four others from the same family sustained serious injuries on Tuesday morning when the SUV they were travelling in crashed head-on into a State Transport (ST) bus around 60 kilometers from Kalyan.

The accident occurred at a sharp turn in the ghat section of the Kalyan-Murbad Road, close on the heels of another fatal accident on April 13 on the highway that killed 11 people, raising serious concerns about motorists' safety.

The deceased were identified as Abhishek Bhanudas Mote, 35, who was driving the Scorpio; Avinash Ramchandra Kakde, 52, Mina Kalpana Madke, 51, and Nita Ashok Dure, 52, all residents of Ahilyanagar. They were travelling with four other family members, wh...