37 people feared killed in Assam bus accident
Tuesday May 31, 2011 08:47:13 AM,
IANS
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Guwahati:
At least 37 people were feared killed and six injured in Assam
when a bus carrying a marriage party plunged into a gorge after
hitting a wooden bridge late Monday, officials said.
The accident took place around 11 p.m. Monday near village
Charabari in Kamrup district, about 30 km from Assam's main city
of Guwahati.
The dead included the groom and relatives.
The bus was on its way from Guwahati to Tihu in Nalbari district.
"The marriage rituals were to take place early Tuesday, with the
bus on its way with the groom to the bride's house in Tihu when
the accident took place," police official A. Das said.
According to witnesses, the driver probably failed to notice the
wooden bridge without any railings or signposts and then
straightway plunged into a deep gorge.
"Six people were rescued by locals and admitted to local
hospitals, while 25 bodies were recovered so far with rescue
workers trying to fish out more bodies," the police official said.
There were 43 passengers on board the bus.
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