Eight Killed, 17 Injured as Bus Plunges into Ditch in Rajasthan

Kota: At least eight people, including five women, were killed and 17 others injured after a passenger bus overturned and plunged into a ditch on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan early Saturday. The bus was carrying 27 passengers from Bhopal to Khatu Shyam when the accident occurred in the Simliya police station area.

According to preliminary information, the driver reportedly dozed off, causing the bus to lose control, break through the roadside railing and fall into a culvert. The injured were shifted to MBS Hospital and New Medical College for treatment, while police and emergency teams conducted rescue operations at the scene.