MP Sidhi Bus Accident: At least 47 people, including 24 men, 21 women and two children, have died after a passenger bus fell into a canal in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi early today.
32 Dead, Several Missing After Bus Falls Into Canal In Madhya Pradesh 32 Dead, Several Missing After Bus Falls Into Canal In Madhya Pradesh Senior police officer Umesh Joga said a search and rescue operation is underway.
Updated: February 16, 2021 12:55 pm IST
The accident occurred around 8:30 AM, police said.
Sidhi:
At least 32 people died while many others were missing after a bus fell off a bridge into a canal near Patna village in Madhya Pradesh s Sidhi district on Tuesday morning, police said.
Senior police officer Umesh Joga said a search and rescue operation is underway.
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At least 60 passengers were travelling in the bus at the time of the accident which occurred around 8:30 AM.
The bus was heading towards Satna from Sidhi district.
BHOPAL: At least 47 people were killed when a packed passenger bus veered off the road and plunged into a canal in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district on Tuesday morning. Most of the victims were found dead in their seats.
The suddenness of the crash left a slim window of survival only six passengers could get out alive. Four are reported missing. This is the worst road accident in MP in terms of toll. Twenty of those killed are women most of them were going to attend an auxiliary-nurse-midwife exam in Satna. The other victims were their companions, mostly brothers and fathers. Two children are among the dead.