Modi injured in accident at Delhi airport

Patna, Dec 2 (UNI) Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi today met with an accident at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi while he was going to board his flight.

Sources from the deputy Chief Minister's official residence here told UNI that the accident occurred when a boarding bus, carrying passengers, appeared to collide with an aircraft.

The bus driver in a bid to avoid a collision applied sudden brakes following which Mr Modi, along with others, fell down and was injured.

Mr Modi was rushed to a hospital in Basant Kunj area of the national capital in an unconscious state, where the doctors diagnosed a spinal injury.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also hold the Finance portfolio, was on way to Ahmedabad for an election campaign.

Others on the bus were BJP National General Secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Further details are awaited.

UNI