The tour bus, carrying students to Haridwar, had run out diesel and was parked temporarily at the roadside to refuel from another bus when the roadways bus crashed into it. The bus crushed the tour bus passengers who were standing on the roadside.
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Himachal Pradesh: Six people died and several injured after a private bus fell into deep gorge near Sanora in Sirmaur district . Police says, 'Rescue operation underway'.
"The information of deaths was wrong. Yes I said 27 people have died, it was based on info from local sources, but I also said that only final report will be considered", he said.
One of the buses was a private coach travelling from UP's Farrukhabad to Delhi, while the other bus was a Delhi Transport Corporation vehicle headed to Shahadra.
Keep aside Kushinagar accident, there are several railway crossing awaiting major mishap. People are seen carelessly crossing railway crossing, risking their life.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for kin of the deceased and ordered an inquiry by the Gorakhpur commissioner.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur condoled the deaths and has announced Rs 5 lakhs each for the family of the bus accident victims.
The bus was travelling on the Sitamarhi-Muzaffarpur road when it smashed into a railing and rolled into a 20-feet deep pit.
District Magistrate Eva Ashish Srivastava said the incident took place at Potam, 120 km away from the district headquarters.
As per ANI report, the incident took place near Ranghola on Rajkot-Bhavnagar state highway.
A bus carrying 25 passengers rolled down a cliff in Rohru Tehsil of Himachal Pradesh's Shimla on Thursday. As per ANI report, no casualties have been reported so far.
The incident triggered protests, with locals alleging delay in arrival of police and attacking the force. They also torched a police vehicle.
"Two persons died and 26 others were injured when a mini bus on way from Halaran village to Kara Gandoh in Doda district went out of the driver's control and plunged into a deep gorge," police said.
At least four persons were killed and 32 others injured when the bus in which they were travelling skidded off a bridge and fell into a canal in Sambalpur district, police said.
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