Private AC Bus Carrying 45 Passengers Catches Fire: Photos Viral

In a sad and shocking case, one passenger of an AC bus was killed while 13 others were severally injured after the vehicle in which they were travelling caught fire.

Superintendent of Police Vishal Sharma said that, the bus in which the passengers were travelling hit a divider in Bihar's Purnea district in the early hours of Monday. The bus was carrying around 45 passengers and was going to Siliguri from Muzaffarpur via Purnea.

The unfortunate accident took place at 3.15 am when the bus was yet to reach Purnea bus stand near NH 31.

"Three persons with serious injuries have been admitted to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Bhagalpur," the SP confirmed today morning.

While, the driver and helper of the bus were safe and efforts were on to trace them. We have been able to contact the owner of the private bus," the SP added.