28 injured in road accident in HP

Hamirpur, Apr 25 (UNI) At least 28 people were injured, five of them seriously, after a private bus overturned near Ambehri in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, police said.

The bus was carrying pilgrims from Delhi to shrines of Baba Balak Nath and other religious shrines, when it overturned near Ambehri village.

All the injured have been admitted to a government hospital at Barsar where the doctors described condition of five people serious.

Barsar SDM Vinod Kumar visited the injured in the hospital and provided immediate relief, besides making arrangements for their return journey to Delhi.

Police said the accident occurred as the driver failed to negotiate a sharp curve, adding that a case has been registered against the driver and investigations were on.

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