20 feared dead as Delhi-bound bus skids off highway
4 May 2018 5:26 AM IST
Motihari/Patna: At least 20 people on board a Delhi-bound bus were feared dead when the vehicle skidded off a highway in Bihar's East Champaran district, fell into a deep pit and caught fire.
The incident took place on NH-28 near Belwa village under Kotwa police station area, about 30 kilometres from Motihari, the district headquarters.
The private air-conditioned bus had begun its journey at Muzaffarpur, about 85 km from Motihari.
The fire incinerated the bus, and nobody could be retrieved so far. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (Sadar), Murli Manohar Manjhi and Officer on Special Duty to District Magistrate Ajeet Kumar, "six to eight" persons had managed to come out of the bus, which was engulfed in flames, by smashing the window panes.
They are being treated for injuries at a hospital, the officials, who were supervising rescue work at the spot, said.
State minister for disaster management Dinesh Chandra Yadav had expressed apprehension that more than 20 people could have been killed in the incident.
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