7 dead, 20 injured as speeding bus plunges into pond in Assam's Nalbari district

In yet another shocking incident, at least seven persons were reportedly killed and 21 were injured on Saturday after a speeding bus turned turtle and fell into a pond in Assam's Nalbari district.

The locals have been assisting the police and local administration in the rescue operation. (Image: ANI)

In yet another shocking incident, at least seven persons were reportedly killed and 21 were injured on Saturday after a speeding bus turned turtle and fell into a pond in Assam's Nalbari district. According to police, the driver of the speeding Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) bus lost control of the vehicle in the Adabari area following which it overturned and rolled down the road to fall into a pond at around 3.30 pm. The locals have been assisting the police and local administration in the rescue operation. Seven bodies, including those of three women, have been recovered from the accident site while 21 others with serious injuries have been rescued and sent to hospital. The police said there were around 50 passengers in the bus when the accident occurred and there is a possibility that some could still be trapped inside. The bus was on its way to Barpeta from Guwahati via Mukalmua. The incident took place just a day after a speeding DMU train mowed around 60 people watching a huge Ravana effigy burn up in Amritsar. The horrific train accident accident occured on Friday evening, when close to 1,000 people watching a huge Ravana effigy burn up where mowed up by a speeding Jalandhar-Amritsar Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) passenger train that was heading to Hoshiarpur from Amritsar at around 7 pm. The Punjab and Railway Police on Saturday questioned the driver of the train but he is not being seen at fault by the Northern Railway. PM Narendra Modi, President Ramnath Kovind, Pakistan PM Imran Khan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, India's cricket skipper Virat Kohli and Bollywood actors condoled the loss of precious lives. (With agency inputs)