Four dead, seven injured as bus falls off bridge in Maharashtra's Amravati

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At least four persons were killed and seven others were seriously injured on Monday after a bus they were travelling in fell off a bridge over a 'nullah' in Maharashtra's Amravati district, a police official said, reported the PTI.

The incident took place near Semadoh village on Paratwada-Dharni road at around 8 am, he said.

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"There were 45 passengers in the bus. Four of them died, while seven are seriously injured. Another 20 have sustained minor wounds. All the injured have been hospitalised," he said, according to the PTI.

Probe into the cause of the accident is underway, though, prima facie, it seems the driver lost control of the vehicle.

Two killed, three injured as tractor-trolley topples in Buldhana

Meanwhile, in an another incident, two labourers were killed with three others seriously injured after their tractor-trolley loaded with concrete poles overturned in Buldhana district of Maharashtra, police said to PTI on Monday.

According to PTI, officials said the incident took place on Sunday afternoon on Borakhedi-Vadgaon road.

A 22-year-old man who had passed the Agniveer recruiting exam was one of the three injured people, according to his relative, PTI reported.

The five persons were sitting on the tractor-trolley which carried concrete poles used in installing electric cables.

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

According to PTI, an official from Borakhedi police station said that the car unexpectedly overturned at a turn near Punhai village, dropping cement poles on the five people inside, causing serious injuries to them.

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

The two labourers Mangesh Gyandev Satav (29) and Ramdas Punjaji Belokar (42) died during treatment, he said.

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

The Borakhedi police have registered a case of accidental death and were conducting an investigation into the incident, the official said to PTI.

(with PTI inputs)