Kota bus accident: MP Om Birla attends last rites ceremony of victims, expresses grief

Lok Sabha Speaker and Kota MP Om Birla on Wednesday participated in the last rites of the people who died in the bus accident earlier in the day. In a tragic accident, at least 24 people died and five others sustained injuries as a private bus carrying a wedding party fell into a river on Kota–Dausa highway in Rajasthan's Bundi district on Wednesday morning. 

Taking to Twitter, he expressed his condolences and said, "Attended the funeral of the dead in the bus accident that took place in Bundi district of the parliamentary constituency. Shared grief with the families of those who lost their loved ones in the tragic accident. May God give them the strength to bear this grief. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti." 

PM Modi expresses condolences 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday also expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased. Taking to Twitter, he wrote in Hindi, "The news of the bus falling into the river in Bundi, Rajasthan is a cause of great grief. Many people have lost their lives in this accident. In this hour of grief, I express my condolences to the families of the dead and wish those injured in the accident will recover soon." 

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About the Bundi bus mishap

A wedding party with 28 persons on board was headed to Sawai Madhopur from Kota early morning when the driver apparently lost balance of the bus while traversing a bridge near Papdi village under Lekhari police station limits, Lakheri Sub-Inspector Rajendra Kumar told PTI over the phone.

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The bus, subsequently, plunged into the Mej river from the bridge that had no wall or railing, Kumar said. Thirteen people died on spot while 10 others succumbed to their injuries on way to the hospital, he added. The deaths include 11 men, 10 women, and three children.

The injured were rushed to Lekhari government hospital from where the critically injured are being referred to a government hospital in Kota, the SI further said. Most of the injured people were rescued with the help of locals in the village, he added.

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