Mumbai: Three more people succumbed to their injuries, taking the death toll in Maharashtra's Gondia bus accident to 11, police said on Friday.
The bus was on its way from Nagpur to Gondia. The police added that 34 people also injured in the mishap.
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The mishap accurred after Maharashtra State Transport bus overturned near Bindravana Tola village on the Gondia-Arjuni road in the Gondia district on Friday afternoon.
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"A State transport bus met with an accident in Gondia district. The bus was en route from the Bhandara depot to Gondia when the bus driver lost control of the vehicle near Bindravana Tola village on the Gondia-Arjuni road and overturned on the side of the road," said police.
The official further said that the injured have been shifted to the Gondia District Hospital.
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According to information from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has ordered the Transport Administration to provide immediate assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the victims. (With Agency Inputs)
