(39.27) 33 killed in picnic bus in India
At least 33 people were killed in a picnic bus in the Mumbai-Goa highway on the Indian side. On Saturday morning, the bus fell into a gorge near 500 feet below the road after going through the hillside of Rigad district. National Disaster Response Force confirmed the accident and deaths. In a report, the Indian media told NDTV.
A bus carrying 34 workers on a bus carrying a agricultural university in Maharashtra was traveling for a picnic. Only one of them is alive, police said. The survivors told the police that they got upstairs and said to the police.
It is said in the report that due to rain in the area for some days, the mountainous road was thus risky.
Police said, Dr. Bala Sahib Shant Kankan Vidyapith named the bus was going to weekly picnic. After the accident, Congress President Rahul Gandhi also called for the participation of party leaders and workers in the rescue operation.