40 killed in bus accident

ROPAR, MAY 14.Forty persons, including women and children, were feared drowned after a crowded State-run bus plunged into a canal today, police said.

Ten bodies, including that of six women and a child, were recovered from the Sirhind Canal. Around 30 persons are feared to have been swept away by strong water currents and the canal has been closed. Five passengers were rescued by the local people and they were admitted to a hospital here.

- PTI

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