2021 Sidhi bus accident | |
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Details | |
Date | 16 February 2021 8.30 AM IST |
Location | Patna village, Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh |
Country | India |
Operator | Private bus |
Incident type | landed into the canal |
Statistics | |
Bus | Registration number MP |
Passengers | 62 |
Crew | 2 |
Deaths | 51 |
Injured | 11 |
On 16 February 2021, A bus carrying about 62 people, driving from Sidhi to Satna, crashed into a canal, located near the city of Satna. It fell into the canal after the driver lost control over it.[1] At least 51[2] people died in the accident, either from the initial crash, or from drowning[3] and seven were rescued after the bus fell near Patna village in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh, India.