Tripura: Bus takes a plunge, 15 injured
Agartala,
Mar
30:
At
least
15
persons
were
injured,
nine
of
them
seriously,
when
a
bus
fell
into
a
gorge
last
night
in
Tripura's
North
district.
According
to
police,
the
bus
lost
its
brakes
while
proceeding
towards
Kumarghat
from
Southern
Assam's
Silchar,
fell
in
a
deep
gorge
at
Sidhangcherra.
Six
seriously
injured
occupants
shifted
to
District
hospital
in
Kailshahar
and
three
to
Kumarghat.
The
remaining
others,
were,
however,
released
after
first
aid.
The
bus
was
seized.
UNI
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Story first published: Friday, March 30, 2007, 14:06 [IST]