45 killed as bus plunges into canal in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district
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Last Updated: Feb 16, 2021, 07:11 PM IST
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A search operation involving State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel and local authorities was still on at the site, the official said.
AP
A bus that fell into a canal is pulled out in Sidhi district, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.
At least 45 people, including 20 women, were killed when a packed bus skidded off the road and plunged into a canal in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district on Tuesday morning, a senior official said.
The accident took place near Patna village, around 80 km from the Sidhi district headquarters, when the ill-fated bus was on its way to Satna from Sidhi, he said.