Tragedy struck at the NH-2 early on Tuesday when three people, including two women, were killed and 22 others injured when a bus they were travelling in fell into a 20-feet deep gorge in this remote area of Giridih district. The accident took place near Aura village, 5 km from Bagodar police station, when the driver lost control of the bus (WB 73-9691)due to turning point and the vehicle went down the gorge around 4am ,police said.
The 42 seater bus was carrying around 45 passengers on a NH-2 (GT road) from Vaisanodevi temple to Nirsa, Dhanbad with many passengers were sleeping inside the bus, as mostly pilgrims had boarded the private Geetanjali bus to reach Nirsa for their weekend tour from Vaisanodevi temple.
Sources said the accident spot was around 5 km from police station, they reached the spot immediately and started rescue operations with the help of local villagers. Police said the injured were shifted to the Meena nursing hospital in Dumari.
Three people, including two women, died on the spot and three others battling for life. All bodies have been recovered and identified as Taru lata Devi, Naresh Gorai ,and Churamani Devi ,resident of Nirsa area of Dhanbad district. The driver and cleaner, who were unhurt in the mishap ,fled away. local Bogodar MlA ,Nagendra Mahto, Nirsha MlA Arup Chaterjee and Ex MlA, Bagodar Vinod Singh visited the Meena nursing hospital to see the condition of those injured in the accident and directed the nursing staff to do their best.