Balrampur: At least 13
people were killed and 53 others injured when a bus fell off a small bridge
into a dry rivulet in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district on Wednesday night.
The private luxury bus was on its way to Raipur from Gadhwa
of the neighboring Jharkhand state when the accident took place at Daldhowa
ghat around 10.30 PM, about 400 km from here.
Around 5 kms away from Balrampur district headquarter, the
bus driver suddenly spotted a motorcycle at a sharp curve at Daldhowa and while
trying to save him, lost control over the steering following which the vehicle
skidded into the dry rivulet and overturned two to three times, Balrampur
superintendent of police Sadanand Kumar said. Soon after getting the news, a police team rushed to the spot and began
rescue work, he said. The identity of the victims, all of them male, was being
ascertained, he added. “So far there
are reports of 13 deaths while 16 critically injured were shifted to Ambikapur
district hospital. Besides, 37 other injured have been admitted to local
hospital at Balrampur,” the SP added.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister
Raman Singh has expressed grief over the incident. The CM has directed the district administration to
provide best medical care to the injured and prayed for their speedy recovery,
an official spokesperson said.
Balrampur-Ramanujganj district is a part of Ambikapur
(Surguja) division. It came into existence on 1 January 2012 and was formerly
part of Surguja
district.
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