At least seven people were killed and several injured when a bus carrying over 35 passengers fell off a bridge over the Mahanadi river in Odisha’s Cuttack today evening.
Police officials said a passenger bus from colliery town of Talcher was on its way to Cuttack when it came across a buffalo on the bridge near Jagatpur area, forcing the driver to slam the brakes. This caused the vehicle to smash through the bridge railings and fall 30 feet to land on a sandbar on the riverbed.
There was no water where the bus fell, said Cuttack deputy commissioner of police Akhileswar Singh.
First Published: Nov 20, 2018 20:52 IST
Source: HindustanTimes