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Bus Plunges Into River in India, Killing Dozens
By THE NEW YORK TIMESDEC. 23, 2017

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The bus being pulled from the Banas River after Saturday’s accident. Credit Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
At least 33 people died on Saturday when a bus plunged off a bridge in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, according to a local news reports.

The bus was passing another vehicle when it careened off the bridge in the Sawai Madhopur district into the Banas River 100 feet below, the Hindustan Times reported, citing police officials.

Video shows men climbing atop the partially submerged bus to pull passengers out of its windows.

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The bus was carrying people to a Hindu temple when the accident occurred around 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

India’s roads are notoriously dangerous. A study of 2016 traffic deaths revealed that 150,785 people had died across the country in road accidents that year.

Vasundhara Raje, the chief minister of Rajasthan, said the state would provide assistance to the victims.

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A body was taken from the river. Credit Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a statement that he was “anguished” by news of the crash.

“My thoughts are with the families of the deceased,” Mr. Modi said on his Twitter account. “State government is closely monitoring the situation, including rescue operations and providing all possible assistance to those affected.”

 

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Dozens dead in Rajasthan bus crash after vehicle plunged into river

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The bus is pulled from the Banas River after the deadly crash Credit: AFP/Getty Images

• Saptarshi Ray, New Delhi

23 December 2017 • 12:15pm
Dozens were killed after a bus crashed into a river in the Indian state of Rajasthan after it smashed through the railings on a bridge on Friday night.

Various reports put the death toll between 27 and 33 as emergency services attended the scene in Sawai Madhopur district, after the privately hired vehicle plunged into the Banas river.

The driver apparently lost control due to poor visibility and that the bus was travelling at high speed.


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According to one news report, the driver was sleeping and the 16-year-old conductor was at the wheel, after a senior police officer suggested that was the case. Both the driver an conductor died in the crash.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his sympathy to the bereaved, and spoke of his "anguish" at the incident.


The Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, tweeted that the state government has been closely monitoring the situation and that emergency services were at the scene.

The Congress Party president, Rahul Gandhi, also asked his colleagues in Rajasthan to help in any way. He tweeted, "Saddened by the tragedy. My condolences are with the families of the deceased. I would appeal to the state government to offer immediate help to the affected."


The passengers were largely from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, and on a trip to see the the venerated Ramdev temple, a deity who is worshipped as a champion of the downtrodden and poor.

The bus swerved off a bridge and plunged 100 feet onto a riverbed Credit: AFP/Getty Images
The bus was carrying 45 passengers, and a search and rescue operation was ongoing to account for them all. The bodies of the dead passengers were taken out of the river and sent to the local mortuary.

Superintendent of Rajasthan Police Maman Singh said the cause of crash would be subject to an inquiry. But he added that initial evidence suggested that an untrained minor was driving the bus.

Most of the dead, including the bus driver, drowned, said state officials, and they feared that the death toll could increase.

Hundreds of Hindu, and some Muslim, devotees from towns in Rajasthan and the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh travel to the Ramdev temple on every Tuesday and Saturday for prayers.

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