A bus running between Gaya and Calcutta overturned in Nimiaghat Area of Giridih district at around 7 am on Sunday causing injury to 10 passengers. Local residents who rushed to the site called Nimiaghat police which evacuated the trapped passengers from the bus and admitted them to a local hospital from where they were released after four hours.

The incident took place when the 30-seater bus, titled Maharani, overturned due to fog as the driver could not spot the diversion near the Galachi chowk of Nimighat on National Highway -2 about 45 km from Dhanbad and suddenly applied the brake due to which the bus overturned.

A police team led by officer in charge of Nimiaghat, Gopal Mahto and ASI, Shailendra Marandi rushed to the site and evacuated the injured passengers with the help of local residents and admitted to Nimiaghat Referral Hospital.

Dr Jitendra Kumar Singh of Nimiaghat Referral Hospital, said, “Ritesh Kumar, one of the passengers had his left arm fractured while others including, Nasir Hussain, Shankar Kumar, Inayat Hussain, Arjun Kumar and others received minor injuries and were released after primary treatment.”

Arjun Singh, an injured passenger said, “The driver was taking a nap and thus he could not spot the diversion and applied the brake suddenly due to which the bus turned turtle and as many of the passengers was also sleeping so they fell down from their respective seats causing injury to them.”

Gopal Mahto, officer in Charge of Nimiaghat police station said, “The driver and conductor escaped fled the site after the incident."