The accident occurred late Saturday evening, police (Representational)
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh:
A minimum of 25 individuals had been injured, two of them severely, when the Gujarat-bound bus they had been travelling in overturned after falling off a culvert in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, a senior official stated on Sunday.
The accident occurred late Saturday evening, he stated.
“Practically 25 passengers had been injured, two of them critically, when the bus on its method to Rajkot from Indore fell off a culvert on Bhuki Mata Bypass after selecting up passengers from Ujjain,” Collector Kumar Purshottam informed PTI over telephone.
The injured had been rushed to the district hospital, the Ujjain collector stated.
A lot of the victims had visited the well-known Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain to supply prayers, police stated.
Mahakal space Metropolis Superintendent of Police (CSP) Omprakash Mishra stated preliminary investigation instructed that the bus with round 35 passengers on board was being pushed in a rash method.
After the bus overturned, its entrance wheels and engine acquired separated from the car, he stated.
The bus skidded off the highway and fell 8-feet down earlier than turning turtle, he stated, including that the incident happened at a blind flip, which is an accident-prone space.
“Now we have filed a case of rash driving in opposition to the bus driver, who’s being handled on the district hospital,” Mishra stated.
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