The wreckage of a passenger bus which collided with another is being removed from the accident site in India. — Photo by AP/File

NEW DELHI: Twenty-seven people were crushed to death and several more were injured when they were pinned between two minibuses involved in a multiple vehicle collision in western India, police said.

The local police control room in Raigadh district in Maharashtra state said Sunday’s accident began when a large autorickshaw rammed into a minibus that had a flat tire. The impact pushed the first minibus into another, crushing those standing between them.

Police said most of those killed were traveling from a wedding in the area.