9 dead, 51 injured as bus falls into river in Himachal


Team Udayavani, Nov 26, 2018, 9:38 AM IST

Nahan (HP): At least nine people were killed and 51 injured when a speeding bus lost control and fell from a bridge into a river in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district on Sunday, police said.

The accident took place near Khadri village on the Renuka-Dadahu-Nahan road, 168 km south of Shimla, at around 4.30 pm, said Superintendent of Police Rohit Malpani.

The private bus was on its way from Renuka Ji to Nahan when the driver lost control, broke the railing of the Jalal bridge and fell 40-feet down into the Jalal river, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Virender Singh Thakur told PTI.

Prima facie, the accident happened due to the negligence of the bus driver, said Thakur, who reached the spot and supervised the rescue operation.

According to eyewitnesses, the bus was overspeeding when it was crossing the bridge, the ASP said.

Four passengers, including three women, died on the spot, while five critically-injured persons succumbed to their injuries in a hospital, the officer added.

Fifty-one people are injured and have been shifted to the Nahan medical college. Two of the deceased have been identified as Satya Ram (59) and his wife, Bhagwanti Devi (52), residents of Jaitak village in Nahan tehsil, the official said.

Sirmaur Deputy Commissioner Lalit Jain has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the accident and asked the Nahan sub-divisional magistrate to submit a report within 20 days.

The commissioner has announced a compensation of Rs 20,000 to the kin of the deceased and Rs 5,000 to the injured as immediate relief.

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