Jharkhand bus accident: 7 killed, several injured as bus carrying 50 passengers to Patna overturns in Hazaribagh
The incident occurred near the Gorhar Police Station, approximately 50 km from the district headquarters, as the bus failed to navigate a sharp bend.
Not lower than seven people lost their lives and several other others sustained injuries on Thursday when a Patna-bound bus met with an accident in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district. The incident took place near the Gorhar Police Station, approximately 50 km from the district headquarters, because the bus didn't navigate a pointy bend, in response to officials. “Seven deaths have been confirmed thus a ways. There's a possibility that more people may perchance perchance be trapped contained within the bus,” Hazaribag Superintendent of Police Arvind Kumar Singh stated.
The bus, carrying about 50 passengers, became traveling from Kolkata to Patna at the time of the crash.
Passenger Motichand Prasad, who survived the accident, shared the devastating news that his wife, Rajkumari Prasad, became a range the deceased. “We were asleep when the accident took place early contained within the morning. We had boarded the bus in Kolkata on Wednesday night for Bihar,” said Prasad, a resident of Bihar’s Gopalganj to PTI.
Every other passenger, Ganesh Kumar from Bihar Sharif, recounted that the accident took place around 6 AM. “The bus had about 50 passengers. While taking a pointy turn, the driver lost keep an eye on, and the bus overturned,” he explained.
A police official at the online site reported that as a minimum 10 of the injured are in vital condition, and rescue operations are ongoing to ensure that no person is still trapped.
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