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27 passengers feared killed as bus catches fire in Bihar's Motihari

| @indiablooms | May 04, 2018, at 02:59 am

Motihari, Bihar, May 3 (IBNS) :  At least 27 passengers were feared dead after a bus overturned and caught fire on NH 28 in Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district on Thursday afternoon, media reports said.

The bus was travelling from Muzaffarpur to New Delhi.

The Times of India quoted state disaster management minister Dinesh Chandra Yadav as saying that the East Champaran DM has informed him about 27 deaths in the accident.

According to News 18, Motihari district magistrate and superintendents of police have reached the spot and at least four people have been rescued safely.

The news report further stated that the accident happened near Kotwa police station on National Highway 28.

Repots said that  bus was carrying 35 passengers and had left  Bihar's Muzaffarpur, when it went off the  road and overturned due to a large pothole.

Further details of the incident are awaited.

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