34 passengers injured as bus falls in gorge in Himachal’s Bilaspur

The injured passengers were admitted at AIIMS, Bilaspur, for treatment, while the driver was treated at the civil hospital in Markand

As many as 34 passengers and driver of a private bus were injured after the vehicle veered off the road and fell 20 feet into a gorge in Bilaspur around 1.30 am past Thursday midnight.

The bus was on its way back from Nurmahal in Punjab to Darlaghat in Solan district of Himachal when the accident took place, said Bilaspur police. (HT)

The bus was on its way back from Nurmahal in Punjab to Darlaghat in Solan district of Himachal when the accident took place, said police.

The injured passengers were admitted at AIIMS, Bilaspur, for treatment, while the driver was treated at the civil hospital in Markand. “Police rushed to the spot and with the help of locals, took the passengers to hospital for treatment. A few of them have been discharged now,” said a police official.

The district administration assisted in providing immediate medical attention to the victims and disbursed an interim relief as per norms.

Bilaspur police registered a case against the bus driver, identified as Ashok Kumar, under Sections 281 and 125 (A) of BNS. Bilaspur superintendent of police Sandeep Dhawal said, “We have started the investigation to find the causes of the accident.”