NEW DELHI, Nov 6 (NNN-PTI) – At least four people died and more than 20 were injured, when a passenger bus fell off a bridge, in India’s north-western state of Rajasthan, in the early hours of today, confirmed a local official, over the phone.
The bus accident took place in Rajasthan’s Dausa district.
The ill-fated private bus was moving from the Haridwar area in Uttar Pradesh state, to Rajasthan’s capital city of Jaipur. The driver lost control and the bus fell off the bridge onto the railway tracks below, said the official.
According to him, more than 20 injured people were admitted to a local hospital, from where at least five seriously injured people were referred to a government hospital in Jaipur.
As a result of the mishap, the movement of trains running between Jaipur and Delhi was adversely affected, said an official of the Indian Railways. Efforts were on to clear the railway tracks, he added.– NNN-PTI
