A bus accident in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district on Tuesday night resulted within the lack of no less than 11 lives and left over 20 people injured. The incident occurred round 8:30 pm close to Khapri village below Kumhari police station limits, as workers of a distillery firm had been returning residence after work, based on Metropolis Superintendent of Police Harish Patil. Preliminary stories counsel that the bus, carrying roughly 30 passengers, veered off the street and plunged right into a 40-foot-deep pit used for mining `murum’ soil, a development materials, information company PTI reported.
“The accident occurred round 8:30 pm close to Khapri village below Kumhari police station limits when the victims, workers of a distillery firm, had been returning residence after work,” Metropolis Superintendent of Police (Chhavni space) Harish Patil mentioned, as per PTI.
Upon receiving the alert, native authorities mobilised a rescue operation to help these affected by the incident. The injured people had been transported to a close-by hospital for medical consideration, he mentioned.
Information company ANI shared visuals from the accident website.
#WATCH | Chhattisgarh: 11 folks have been killed and a number of other others are injured after a bus filled with staff overturned in a mine in Durg. The method of evacuating the folks trapped within the bus is underway. Additional particulars awaited: Police pic.twitter.com/0zfOphjhtI
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) April 9, 2024
Durg Bus Accident: Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai Conveys Condolences
Expressing grief over the incident, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai took to social media to convey his condolences and supply updates on the state of affairs. He acknowledged, “We acquired distressing information of a tragic accident involving a bus crammed with workers of a personal firm close to Kumhari in Durg. It’s reported that 11 workers have misplaced their lives on this accident. My prayers are with the departed souls and I prolong my condolences to their grieving households.”
दुर्ग के कुम्हारी के पास निजी कंपनी के कर्मचारियों से भरी बस के दुर्घटनाग्रस्त होने की दुःखद सूचना प्राप्त हुई। इस दुर्घटना में 11 कर्मचारियों के निधन का समाचार प्राप्त हो रहा है।
मैं ईश्वर से दिवंगत आत्माओं को शांति एवं शोकसंतप्त परिजनों को संबल प्रदान करने की प्रार्थना करता…
— Vishnu Deo Sai (Modi Ka Parivar) (@vishnudsai) April 9, 2024
The Chief Minister assured that applicable preparations had been made for the medical therapy of the injured workers and expressed hopes for his or her speedy restoration.
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