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INDIA-ACCIDENT
50 injured as bus overturns in northern India
NEW DELHI, Sept. 23, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – More than 50 people have been
injured after a bus overturned and fell into a ditch in the northern Indian
state of Uttar Pradesh, police said Sunday.
The accident occurred at Haredi bypass on the Delhi-Haridwar national
highway in the state’s Muzzaffarnagar district.
“The bus carrying some 60 passengers overturned after its driver failed to
spot a pothole on the road. Some 50 people sustained injuries in the
accident,” a police official said.
Eye-witnesses told cops that the bus was travelling at a speed above the
permissible limit as a result of which the driver failed to apply brakes when
the vehicle fell into the pothole.
A probe has been ordered into the incident, the official said. “The driver
of the bus could be booked for rash and negligent driving after the probe,”
he added.
India has the highest number of road fatalities in the world. Road
accidents occur mostly due to poor driving or badly maintained roads and
vehicles.
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