Bus accident in MP: search continues in the canal from 6 am, 51 dead including 5-month-old girl; Shivraj will reach the spot today

Posted on 17th Feb 2021 by rohit kumar

The direct bus accident has left many families with a never-ending deep wound. The death toll in the accident has been 51. By Tuesday night, 47 bodies were found. On Wednesday, 4 more bodies were found, in which the body of a 5-month-old girl was found in Rewa. The search for 3 missing people continues. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan will reach the spot today. They will also meet the victim's families.

 

Bus driver arrested late at night

Police arrested 28-year-old Balendra Vishwakarma, a bus driver, a resident of Simaria in Rewa. The driver told the police during interrogation that one of his driving licenses was swept away in the accident while the other license is in Rewa, the same car documents are in Satna. After this, two teams Rewa and Satna have been sent for Balendra's driving license and bus documents.

 

The police are trying to find out from the driver whether he used to overload the bus earlier too? According to ASP Anjulata Patel, the bus had a total of 63 passengers. Three of these passengers got off the bus before the accident. At the same time, the lives of six out of 60 passengers have been saved.

 

People boarded the bus from 33 places

On the bus MP-19P of the Sidhi-Satna route which overturned in the canal, 60 people from a total of 33 places were boarded. The maximum of this was 3–3 from Rampur Naikin, Kusami, and Bahri Velha, the rest living in the surrounding villages.

 

Only 500 meters were swept away

People who have survived the accident are not considering it as a miracle. In this major accident, six people saved their feelings. It consists of three men and three young women. During this time, the brave daughter Shivrani and her family showed great courage and passion in saving these six people. Most of it was swept from 200 to 500 meters.

 

These 6 people were saved

 

1. Swarnalata Prabha (24)

 

2. Vibha Prajapati - (21)

 

3. Archana Jaiswal (23)

 

4. Suresh Gupta (60)

 

5. Dnyaneshwar Chaturvedi (50)

 

6. Anil Tiwari (40)

 

Courageously defeated death

Anil Tiwari told, "As the bus started sinking in the canal, the closed window of the bus hit hard, causing the glass to break. I used to swim. Sitting on the side tried to save Suresh Gupta and pulled him out of the window. 'Suresh Gupta is 62 years old, knew little about swimming, but the two held each other's hand and caught the edge of the canal. Nearly 300 meters away, a stone was found, with the help of which both could save their lives.

 

Saved my life with emotion

Dnyaneshwar Chaturvedi was looking ahead from the front glass in the bus. As the bus started to fall into the canal, they hit the glass in the window and jumped into the water. Thankfully they did not get caught in any part of the bus. The bus slowly sank before his eyes. They started floating on the edge of the canal. Just then a ladder was found, which he grabbed and came up.

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