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Thirty-seven killed as bus falls into ditch
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May 17, 2005 17:56 IST

At least 37 people, including two women, were killed and more than 25 injured when an overcrowded bus carrying a marriage party fell into a ditch at Nagarasu area in Rudraprayag district of Uttaranchal on Tuesday.

The bus was going to Maithani in Chamoli district from Srinagar [Images] (Garhwal) when it skidded off the road rolling down into a 150-meter ditch, Superintendent of Police Pushkar Singh Sailal said.

Twenty-eight people, including two women, died on the spot, while nine succumbed to their injuries in hospital, he said.


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