Five passengers of a bus died in collusion in Bijapur district

Bijapur, May 07 (UNI) Five people including two women were killed and another 25 seriously injured when a private luxury bus collided head with a truck near Golsangi cross on National Highway number 13 this morning.

According to police the private bus was on its way to Bijapur from Bangalore when the mishap occurred. The incident took place at around 0700 hours before few minutes to reach the destination.

While the victims of the mishap are yet to be identified all the injured have been rushed to district hospital in Bijapur and condition of three of them were stated to be critical, the soruces said.

Top police officials including the Bijapur District Superintendent of Police have rushed to the scene immediately after the incident and supervised the rescue operations. The traffic at the national highway was closed few hours due to the incident, the sources added.

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