Two passengers killed as Nashik-Ahmedabad luxury bus overturns on Karanjali-Savada ghat
Two Gujarat-bound passengers died and five to six were seriously injured when a private luxury bus overturned on the Gujarat highway on Tuesday night.
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A private luxury bus travelling from Nashik to Ahmedabad overturned in the Karanjali-Savada ghat area on the Gujarat highway on Tuesday night. Two passengers were killed and five to six others were seriously injured.
The bus was headed from Nashik towards Ahmedabad at about 11 pm. As it reached the ghat section, the driver failed to judge the curve and the road, lost control of the vehicle, and the bus overturned within moments.
The dead have been identified as Mahendra Pal and Rahul Ojha. Both were from Gujarat and were returning home. One of them died before he could be taken to hospital. The other passenger also died in the accident.
On receiving news of the accident, police, a health department team and the tehsildar reached the spot immediately. Some passengers were trapped inside the overturned bus, so police began rescue work without delay. The windows and doors of the bus were broken to get the trapped passengers out. The air-conditioning vents on the roof also had to be broken before the passengers could be brought out.
The injured were rushed to the Dindori rural hospital and the district hospital in Nashik for treatment. Rescue work in the ghat area continued for some time after the accident.
The accident has caused alarm across the area. The cause is being investigated.
