Thursday, A bus fell off from the small bridge into a dry rivulet and led to death of 13 people and 53 people were allegedly injured at Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh police said. The bus was on its way to the Raipur, capital’s state from Gadhwa of the neighbouring Jharkhand state, and accident occurred at Daldhowa ghar at arount 10:30 pm. Around 5 kms away from Balrampur district headquarter, the bus driver suddenly spotted a motorcycle at a sharp curve at Daldhowa and while trying to save him, lost control over the steering following which the vehicle skidded into the dry rivulet and overturned two-three times, Balrampur Superintendent of Police Sadanand Kumar told media over phone. SP said, "So far there are reports of 13 deaths while 16 critically injured were shifted to Ambikapur district hospital. Besides, 37 other injured have been admitted to local hospital at Balrampur.” The identity of the victims, all of them male, was being ascertained, he added.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Raman Singh has expressed grief over the incident.