About 10 persons were injured as a passenger carrying bus turned turtle at Jirapara on Jhargram-Chakulia Road in the Ghatshila sub-division area. According to information, the driver of the bus lost the balance over the vehicle which was overturned along the Jirapara village 30 am, causing the passengers as well as the driver of the bust to get injured.
Sources said that as soon as the bus overturned, villagers rushed to the spot and rescued the injured. The villagers had also informed the Chakulia police so as to provide medical care to the injured as soon as possible.
Officer-in-charge, Chakulia SB Tiwary confirmed about the bus mishap and said that necessary step has been taken to ensure medical care to the injured. “The mishap took place as the bus was negotiating a damaged stretch on Jhargram-Chakulia Road in the morning. It is not clear whether the bus overturned due to rash-driving or damaged road, but the driver of the bus had lost balance while crossing a turning,” said Tiwary.