NAGPUR: Eleven passengers together with seven girls died and almost 25 had been injured when a Maharashtra State Transport Company bus overturned close to Bindravana Tola village on the Gondia-Arjuni street on Friday, police stated.
The bus was headed to Gondia in japanese Maharashtra from Bhandara district 50km away when the accident befell. Eight individuals died on the spot, whereas three others succumbed to their accidents on the hospital.
The accident befell at about 12:30pm when the driving force misplaced management of the bus whereas making an attempt to overhaul one other car and the bus flipped over.
Visuals from the spot present a big crowd gathered across the overturned car, with police vans, ambulances, and cranes deployed to help the injured. Witnesses stated the driving force fled the scene quickly after the crash.
Police stated 9 of the deceased have been recognized as Smita V. Suryavanshi, Mangala Rajesh Lanjewar, Rajesh Lanjewar, Kalpana Wankhede, Ramchandra Kanoje, Anjira Kanoje, Arifa Azahar Syyed, Azahar Ali Sayyed, and Nayana Vishal Mitkar.
The injured passengers had been taken to the government-run civil hospital in Gondia.
Caretaker chief minister Eknath Shinde expressed his condolences and directed the street transport company to offer fast help of ₹10 lakh to the victims.
Devendra Fadnavis. deputy chief minister within the outgoing authorities, additionally supplied his sympathies to the grieving households. “It is extremely unlucky {that a} Shivshahi bus met with an accident close to Sadak Arjun in Gondia district, leading to lack of life. I pay my heartfelt respects to the deceased and share within the sorrow of their households,” he stated in a submit on X.
Fadnavis stated the injured would obtain fast remedy and instructed the Gondia collector to rearrange transfers to Nagpur if crucial. Senior administrative officers are at present on the website coordinating reduction efforts.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced a compensation of ₹2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s Nationwide Reduction Fund for the households of every deceased sufferer. In a submit on X, he stated: “Distressed by the lack of lives within the bus mishap in Gondia, Maharashtra. My condolences to those that misplaced their family members. Wishing a swift restoration to the injured. The native administration is helping these affected.”
