Five bus passengers were killed and at least 30 others injured, 12 of them seriously, when a bus fell into a ditch in West Bengal’s Midnapore district on Thursday.
The driver of the Cuttack-bound bus lost control over the vehicle and the vehicle fell into a roadside ditch at Madpurghat near Kharagpur on National Highway 6.
Five persons died on the spot while 30 others were injured in the accident including the driver.
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The injured were admitted to the Midnapore Medical College Hospital.
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