India, May 26 -- Six people died and 28 others were injured in an accident on the busy Mumbai-Agra national highway (NH) in north Maharashtra's Dhule district after 2.30 am on Monday.

According to the local police, a speeding, Indore-bound private passenger bus from Mumbai rear-ended a truck which was stranded on the road after a head-on collision with a sand-laden dumper. The front portion of the bus was completely mangled in the accident. Police officials said that the dumper was travelling in the wrong lane of the highway, and collided head-on with the truck. Six persons died in the mishap namely, three drivers of the bus including the one who was behind the wheels, the bus cleaner, one passenger, and a toll plaza worker who was invol...