32 killed in India bus crash

NEW DELHI — At least 32 people were killed and more than 20 injured Saturday when their bus plunged off a bridge in western India, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. They were returning from a visit to a temple when the accident occurred before dawn in Maharashtra state’s Osmanabad district, police told PTI. “We had to struggle to rescue survivors and retrieve the victims’ bodies from water,” a police official told CNN-IBN news channel. India has the highest annual road death toll in the world, according to the World Health Organization, with accidents caused by speeding, careless driving and poor roads. — AFP