India: 31 die in traffic mishap

 India: 31 die in traffic mishap
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Summary At least 31 people were killed and several others critically injured in a traffic incident.

The mishap occurred when a bus fell into a deep gorge in Indian district of Meghalaya’s East Jaintia hills in the wee hours on Wednesday, Indian media reported.According to Press Trust of India, the incident took place sometime between 3 am and 5 am at Tamseng village near Meghalaya-Aassam border.The bus was on its way to Agartala from Guwahati when it fell into the 80-feet deep gorge.“We have been able to retrieve 31 bodies even as six critically injured persons were shifted to Khliehriat community health centre”, PTI quoted a district police chief M K Dkhar as saying.“There are possibilities of more deaths and the district police and fire service personnel are on the job to rescue the trapped persons in the bus”, he said.
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