Photos: Major bus accidents in India

The remains of a Kerala state-run bus that collided head-on with a truck near Avanashi, Tamil Nadu state, India, Thursday, Feb.20, 2020.

An injured passenger is rescued from a Kerala state-run bus after it collided head-on with a truck near Avanashi, Tamil Nadu state, India.

October 2019: Eight dead after a tourist bus overturned in East Godavari district on Tuesday. The accident took place between Maredumilli and Chinturu.

May 2016: Rescue operation in progress after a bus fell into Beas river on Delhi-Manali national highway near Mandi

June 2015: A bus rams into a tree after an accident in Pune

May 2015: Rescue work is carried out after a bus rolled down into a deep gorge in Udhampur.

October 2011: The ill fated bus which overturned in a river near NH-28 at Motihari in Bihar.

April 2008: General view of the scene of a bus plunge at the Narmada Canal in Bodeli, some 170km south of Ahmadabad, Gujarat state, India, 16 April 2008. Around 40 people have been killed after a bus plunged into the Narmada river in the western Indian state of Gujarat, a local official has said.

January 2003: The gutted remains of an Indian passenger bus sit in a pool of water following a fiery accident in Bikihakola, 30 km (19 miles) west of Calcutta.

March 2002: Remains of the damaged bus, in which 14 people were killed and 25 injured when a private bus rolled into a gorge, in Parwanoo district, Himachal Pradesh.