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Mandya Bus Crash: Locals used ropes to try to pull the bus off the canal.
Twenty-five people, including five children, were killed after a bus fell into a canal in southern Karnataka on Saturday afternoon. Authorities fear that the death toll will not increase. About 30 to 35 people traveled on the private bus.
The accident occurred in Mandya, 105 km from Bengaluru.
The bus fell into the canal after the driver lost control, the police said. Many passengers were unable to escape from the bus that fell to the side and stuck the doors to the canal floor. The bus was quickly submerged.
The driver would have managed to get off the bus and swim up to safety.
Farmers working in the neighboring fields immediately started the relief work and saved a few passengers.
"I think the driver was not driving properly (…), I will know," said Dr. G Parameshwara, Senior Deputy Minister of Karnataka.
The images of the accident site showed residents using ropes to try to pull the bus out of the water. The bodies of the victims have been removed.
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who will visit the site today, instructed the Minister in charge of Mandya and the Deputy Commissioner to access the site as soon as possible and to supervise the operations. safety.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his condolences. "Deeply saddened by the bus crash in the Mandya of Karnataka, my thoughts are with the families of the deceased, may God give them strength in this hour of sadness," he tweeted. Congress President Rahul Gandhi also offered his condolences on Twitter.
"All the appointments of the Chief Minister have been canceled for the day, and a ceremony to be held later that evening has been canceled until further notice," the Chief Minister's Office tweeted. .
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