MP: Six dead,19 injured after bus falls into river in Raisen

At least six people were killed and 19 others injured when a passenger bus travelling to Chhatarpur from Indore fell into a river from a bridge in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday night.

Raisen:At least six people were killed and 19 others injured when a bus fell into a river from a bridge in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday night, police said. There were 45 passengers travelling in the bus.

The mishap took place at around 2 AM when the private bus was travelling to Chhatarpur from Indore.

Soon after the incident, police along with other personnel, rushed to the spot. Senior officials including district collector and superintendent of police also reached to the spot to supervise the rescue operation.

Locals from the nearby areas also took part in the rescue operations and ambulance were called from every possible areas to rush the injured to a nearby hospital.

"The flow of the canal was very fast. The two-third part of the bus was submerged into water. We have recovered dead bodies. While those who were critically injured admitted to Bhopal hospital, others were rushed to a nearby hospital," Umashankar Bhargav, district collector, told media persons.

"We will give Rs 10,000 each from Red Cross to the injured," he said.

The victims of the incident included a two-year-old child, two women and three other people.

An investigation is underway to probe the cause of the incident.