National Desk, 19 June: As many as 26 people were injured after a bus rammed into a bridge on Monday while passing by Gharghoda in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district.
According to reports, the incident took place after the bus driver allegedly lost control and rammed the bus against the parapet wall of the bridge.
“The incident took place near Gharghoda in Raigarh district on Monday morning,” sub-divisional police officer, Deepak Mishra said.
He said, “A total of 26 people were injured in the accident. Two of them are critically injured and have been sent to Raigarh medical college.”
Further details are awaited.
Earlier, two people were dead and oround 20 others were injured when a city bus they were travelling in overturned in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district.
Officials claim that the incident occurred at the Gharghoda-Charbhata turn in the Raigarh district. The bus was coming from Lailunga to Raigarh when it overturned leaving two of its passengers dead on the spot.