More than two dozen passengers were injured after a Sagar bound bus turned turtle near Kharvai village in Raisen district on Tuesday; injured are undergoing treatment at Hamidia hospital.
One of the passengers told the police that the bus driver was not able to control the vehicle at Neemkheda trisection due to high speed and lost control over the bus which resulted in the accident.
The bus driver sustained injuries in his head and is undergoing treatment at Hamidia hospital. Accident took place in the morning when Bhopal -Sagar bus carrying passengers turned turtle. At the time of the accident around 50 passengers were onboard.
Police said that the injured passengers were of Raisen and Bhopal. The bus is owned by Om Sai Ram travels. During the investigation police found that the bus driver had to apply sudden brakes to halt the bus to avoid a collision with other vehicle after the vehicle overtook the bus speedily.
Incident took place at around 11 am and the bus was carrying mostly job goers. The police have claimed that around 23 passengers were injured in the accident which are undergoing treatment in Hamidia hospital and were not aware about the number of injured passengers which were discharged.
Police claimed that the driver applied the brakes to avoid the collision with the other vehicle and a case of rash driving would be registered in the further investigation.
The injured escaped with minor injuries and none of the injured passengers have sustained critical injuries.