A passenger died while 40 others sustained injuries after two passenger buses collided head-on near State capital on Thursday. Eight out of the 40 injured are reportedly critical and under observation at Hamidia hospital and other private hospitals of the State capital.
On Thursday, at around 10.15 am, two passenger buses of Siddique and Rajeshwari bus services collided at Berasia road near lambakheda village. In the massive collision the buses were badly damaged and one of the conductors died on the spot while around 7-8 passengers were injured severely in the accident.
Bus of Siddique bus service was coming from Berasia while bus of Rajeshwari bus service was on its way to Dhamarra. Police said that around 40 passengers of both the buses sustained injuries and injuries of one of the passenger proved fatal. Around 24 persons were admitted in different hospitals while the rest who sustained minor injuries were discharged after first aid. After the collision, the bus of Rajeshwari bus service turned turtle and on receiving the information police reached the spot and rushed the injured passengers to a nearby hospital.
Bus conductor Narnedra Bhargava sustained serious injuries and died on the spot. Passengers of bus moving towards Bhopal claimed that the bus was moving at a very high speed and suddenly the driver lost control over it and collided with the other bus. Most of the passengers in the buses were employees who were going to their offices.