11 killed, 21 hurt in Mizoram road mishap
The passenger bus plying between Aizawl and Lawngtlai, headquarter of Lawngtlai district rolled down the deep gorge near Ramlaitui village.
“The bus fell plunged the gorge, when the driver tried to avoid a head-on collision with a speeding truck,” an official of Lunglei district administration said.
Eleven passengers including four women and the bus driver were killed in the road mishap.
The injured persons include few children and women. They were rushed to nearest hospital.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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