5 individuals had been killed and 17 others had been injured after a personal luxurious bus carrying pilgrims fell right into a deep gorge close to Saputara hill station in Gujarat’s Dang district within the wee hours on Sunday, police stated. The accident passed off at round 4-4:30 a.m. when the motive force of the bus misplaced management over the car close to the Saputara hill station, in-charge Superintendent of Police SG Patil stated.
The bus, carrying over 40 pilgrims, broke the crash barrier and fell at a depth of about 35 ft into the gorge, he stated. 5 individuals — two girls and three males — died on the spot, the official stated.
“5 pilgrims died and 17 others suffered severe accidents and have been rushed to a civil hospital at Ahwa. Some others have sustained minor accidents. The rescue operation is sort of over,” the official stated.
He stated the bus was carrying over 40 pilgrims from Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra to Dwarka in Gujarat when the accident passed off. They’ve been on a spiritual tour since December 23.
“After visiting numerous locations in Uttar Pradesh, final time simply yesterday or the day earlier than yesterday they had been coming after touring Shirdi, Tambakeshwar, Nashik and this morning at Saputara which is our hill station in Gujarat, they’d tea after which after 10 minutes inside three to 4 kilometres their bus fell right into a deep gorge,” stated a police official. The official stated the pilgrims had been from Guna, Shivpuri and Ashok Nagar districts of Madhya Pradesh.
