2 Killed, Several Injured As Bus Falls Into Ditch Near Nainital in Uttarakhand, Rescue Ops Underway

Nainital: Many people were injured after a roadways bus fell into a ditch in Bhimtal, Nainital. A relief team is being sent to the spot, SSP Nainital Prahlad Meena said. As per the officials, the Roadways bus was going from Bhimtal to Haldwani with 20 to 25 people onboard.

A relief SDRF team reached the spot and the rescue operation is underway.

"Today, on 25 December 2024, information was received from the District Control Room, Nainital that a roadways bus has crashed near Bhimtal, on which the rescue teams of SDRF have left for the spot from Post Nainital and Khairna," the SSP Nainital said.

In another incident on Wednesday, a private bus overturned in fields near village Kurala on the Jalandhar-Jammu National Highway, injuring 20 passengers. Tanda SHO Gurwinderjit Singh said that nine injured passengers were admitted to the Civil Hospital in Dasuya, while 11 others were taken to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Tanda for treatment, a report in PTI stated.

Four others, who were critically injured, were referred to the Government Hospital in Hoshiarpur from Dasuya Civil Hospital.

The bus was travelling from Pathankot to Jalandhar, the police said. As per an initial probe, the driver lost control of the vehicle near Kurala village, SHO Singh said.

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