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30 Killed in India Bus Crash
A passenger bus plunged from a bridge in central India on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 30 others, officials said.
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A passenger bus plunged from a bridge in central
India
on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 30 others, officials said.
The bus crashed off the bridge over the Son River in the Madhya Pradesh state, slamming into the dry river bed after a tire blew out, said Keshav Kumar, an aide to the local administrator.
Twenty-seven bodies were recovered from the twisted wreckage and three more were buried underneath, Kumar said by telephone from the nearest town of Sidhi.
Most of the dead and injured were farm laborers and owners of small businesses traveling in the private bus to a nearby town for work.
The crash occurred in the Kaimur Hills, 400 miles southeast of New Delhi, the capital.
Buses are the most popular means of transport in rural India. However, many are in poor condition, driven recklessly and overcrowded.
Source: Agencies
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A passenger bus plunged from a bridge in central India on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 30 others, officials said.