Thane | Nine people were killed and three severely injured after a van collided with a cement mixer on a bridge in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, police said.

The crash occurred around 11.30 am on the Raita bridge in Govili village of Murbad, an official from the district rural police told PTI.

The van collided with a cement mixer coming from the opposite direction, he said.

At least nine occupants of the van have died, and three are critically injured in the accident, he said.

The injured have been taken to the nearby hospitals, the official said, adding that further details were awaited.

Rescue and medical teams, along with the local police, are at the scene, he said.