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21 Killed, 39 Injured in Bus Mishap in India

At least 21 people were killed and 39 others were injured Wednesday when the bus in which they were traveling hit a tree and overturned near Angara, Jharkhand ineast India, police said.


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At least 21 people were killed and 39 others were injured Wednesday when the bus in which they were traveling hit a tree and overturned near Angara, Jharkhand ineast India, police said.

Police Superintendent Suman Gupta said that the overcrowded buswas coming from Purulia in West Bengal when the accident took place about two km from Angara.

While 10 persons died on the spot, 11 succumbed to their injuryat hospital, according to the Press Trust of India.


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