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Bihar: 10 people killed as bus falls into pit in Sitamarhi

The bus was travelling on the Sitamarhi-Muzaffarpur road when it smashed into a railing and rolled into a 20-feet deep pit.

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Ten people were killed on Saturday after a bus carrying them fell off a bridge in Bihar's Sitamarhi district. The incident was reported from Runni Saidpur area. 

The mishap took place near Bhanaspatti village in Sitamarhi district when the bus, which was heading towards the adjoining town of Muzaffarpur, skidded and came crashing down from atop NH-77 this afternoon, station house officer Shivnarayan Ram said.

He said a number of passengers were injured and efforts were on to pull them out of the mangled bus.

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