At least 21 passengers were killed and more than 50 others injured when a packed private luxury bus overturned in a hilly area in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat on Monday evening.
The driver of the bus, carrying people home after visiting a temple, lost control on a slippery road in the hilly region of Trishulia Ghat due to heavy rain, according to the rescuers at the site.
Banaskantha district SP Ajit Rajian said “The bus driver lost control due to heavy rain as the tyres slipped on the road when brakes were applied. We pulled out 53 persons alive from the bus using a crane.”
These injured passengers were referred to Danta town’s referral hospital and Palanpur civil hospital, added Rajian.
According to officials, 35 of the 53 injured are in critical condition and referred to the civil hospital at Palanpur, the administrative headquarters of the district, from Danta.
Trishulia Ghat is the same spot where nine people died in June last when a multi-utility vehicle overturned after its brakes failed at a sharp turn.
