Bus accident in eastern India kills at least 5 pilgrims
NEW DELHI (AP) – A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims collided with a shipping truck when the bus driver fell asleep, killed at least five people and about two dozen injured.
Government official Naman Priyesh Lakra said that the injuries adopted to local hospitals early on Tuesday were critical.
Lakra, bus driver, the popular temple town Deoghar returned to the pilgrims, the state capital Ranchi’den about 268 kilometers (167 miles), he said.
Nishikant Dubey, a Jharkhand state deputy in the lower house of the parliament, said that 18 people died in an accident without explaining the source of information in a social media mission. He wasn’t suitable for a comment immediately.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi He expressed our condolences to the families of the victims and the desire to quickly recover those who were injured in a social media mission.
Deoghar is an important place for Hindu dedicated in the state of Jharkhand, and hosts one of the 12 tombs of Shiva, a powerful Hindu god of India. The town attracts tens of thousands of visitors a day in the sacred Shiravan, dedicated to Shiva and normally fell between July and August.
