20 workers on way to Punjab hurt in accident

PATNA: At least 20 migrant workers were injured, 12 of them seriously, when a bus in which they were travelling overturned into a roadside ditch on NH-28 in Gopalganj district around 6am on Saturday. The bus carrying over 40 labourers was on its way to Ambala in Punjab from Supaul district.
The locals told the police that the driver lost control over the bus while negotiating a turn near Rampur village under Sidhwalia police station in the district.The injured were rushed to Gopalganj Sadar hospital. The injured, including Kameshwar Mukhiya, Prem Sah and Shiv Narain Ram said the bus had started its journey late Friday night.
SHO Ranjeet Paswan said the driver was apprehended later and the bus was seized. An FIR under Motor Vehicles Act was lodged against the driver. The bus has registration number of Punjab, he added.