Chhattisgarh: 7 killed, 17 injured in Pendra bus accident

Seven people were killed and 17 injured in a bus accident in Pendra district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday.

The senior administrative officials rushed to the spot and launched rescue operations. 

In a similar incident on Thursday, a bus fell from a flyover in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi town, killing two people and injuring at least 31 others, the police had informed.

The accident took place in the Railway Ganj locality after the bus driver lost control of the vehicle, they had said.

"A private bus broke the railing of the flyover and fell down. Thirty-one people were injured and two died," Principal Secretary, Home, Arvind Kumar had said quoting a report from the Hardoi additional district magistrate.

3 killed, several injured in a bus accident in Chhattisgarh's Pendra pic.twitter.com/URUxRogEbv

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The injured have been hospitalised and their condition has been stated as critical, the police had said.