1 dies, 10 hurt as bus falls from bridge

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A Madhya Pradesh transport bus on its route from Indore to Aurangabad fell from a bridge in Bherughat area in Manpur of Mhow tehsil while going down the Ghat. Sources said that the bus tried to save a car when it suddenly came in front of it and fell into the mountain nullah from the bridge. SDOP Mhow Arun Mishra told The Pioneer that bus no MP 13 H 6663 met with accident and the conductor of the bus, Dilip aged 27, a resident of Ujjain died on the spot and 10 passengers were critically wounded, who were rushed to MY hospital Indore by 108 ambulance.

Mishra further said that all the passengers stranded in the bus were evacuated from the bus with the help of local villagers and the bus will be taken out with the help of crane tomorrow. Manpur TI Shailendra Shrivastava said that the bus no MP13 H 6663 of MP State Transport was going from Indore to Aurangabad and while it was crossing the Bankaner Ghat, it fell off a bridge into a mountain nullah.

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