Maharashtra accident: Four dead, 30 injured as private bus falls off bridge in Amravati

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An accident occurred on Monday morning when a private bus traveling on the Paratwadi-Dhani route near Semadoh in Amravati plunged off a bridge after the driver lost control on a winding road in Melghat, officials said while sharing an update on the Maharashtra accident, reported ANI.

According to information shared by Collector Saurabh Katiyar regarding the Maharashtra accident, four passengers lost their lives, and 30 others were injured, reported ANI.

Three critically injured people were admitted to the nearby hospital and are currently undergoing treatment at the nearby Primary Health Centre in Semadoh.

2 labourers killed, 3 injured as tractor-trolley overturns in Maharashtra's Buldhana

Two labourers were killed and three other persons seriously injured after their tractor-trolley loaded with concrete poles overturned in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, police said on Monday, reported PTI.

The accident took place on Sunday afternoon on Borakhedi-Vadgaon road, they said.

Out of the three injured persons, a 22-year-old man was an Agniveer aspirant and had cleared its recruitment exam, his relative said, reported PTI.

The five persons were sitting on the tractor-trolley which was carrying concrete poles used to install electric cables.

The vehicle suddenly toppled at a turn near Punhai village and the cement poles fell on the five persons, causing serious injuries to them, an official from Borakhedi police station said.

After receiving information, the Borakhedi police rushed to the spot and the injured persons were admitted to the Motala rural hospital, the official said.

Labourers Mangesh Gyandev Satav (29) and Ramdas Punjaji Belokar (42) died during treatment, he said, reported PTI.

The other three injured persons were undergoing treatment at the Buldhana district hospital.

The Borakhedi police registered a case of accidental death and were conducting a probe into the incident, the official said.

Three school children injured as SUV falls into drain

Three children were injured when the SUV taking them to school veered off the road and fell in a drain in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi on Monday, police said.

According to police, the vehicle was carrying 11 students, aged between five and eight, when the accident occurred.

Locals rushed to rescue them when they heard the children crying for help, they said.

The district's Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Bhupendra Narayan Singh said that 11 children were en route a private Basic Education Centre in Garauli village of Aurai.

(With inputs from PTI)