Rudraprayag Bus Accident: Many passengers are still missing after a Tempo Traveller fell into the Alaknanda River in Rudraprayag. Rescue operation is underway for those missing in the accident.
Rudraprayag Bus Accident: A major bus accident took place in Rudraprayag on Thursday in which passengers travelling in a 31 seater bus had left for Char Dham Yatra, and this bus fell into the Alaknanda river, causing this major accident. This accident happened on Thursday morning at 7:30, immediately after the accident, the NDRF, SDRF and local police team started the search operation, but the 9 pilgrims missing in this accident have not been traced yet and the bus which crashed in this accident and fell into the Alaknanda river has also not been traced yet.
It has been more than 24 hours since this accident, even after this the search operation is continuing and the people missing in this accident are being searched.
There were 20 people on the bus
In Rudraprayag Bus Accident, there were 20 people on board this Tempo Traveller, including the driver. The people on board the bus included children, old people, everyone. Rescue operation is being carried out after the accident, in which 9 people are still missing. There were passengers from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on this bus who were on Char Dham Yatra. The people injured in the accident have been taken to Rishikesh AIIMS hospital where they are undergoing treatment.
The bus also went missing in the accident
No clue has been found so far about the passenger who fell into the Alaknanda river in Rudraprayag Bus Accident. Although the rescue team is continuously carrying out search operations, the divers are also facing a lot of difficulty in the search operation due to the bad weather and the muddy water of Alaknanda. Out of the 20 people on the bus, 7 were from Gujarat, 2 from Maharashtra, 7 from Rajasthan and 2 from Madhya Pradesh. The driver who was driving the bus was a resident of Haridwar.
The people injured in this accident were sent for treatment
The injured in Rudraprayag Bus Accident have been sent to the hospital, so far about 7 injured have been rescued, including three men, two women and two children. The search operation is being implemented on a war footing, in which police, SDRF, army personnel are continuing the search operation and looking for all the passengers. Let us tell you that this accident happened in Dholtir area of Rudraprayag district.
This tempo traveler bus was being driven by Sumit, a resident of Haridwar, he told that when he was going from Kedarnath to Badrinath with the bus, a truck coming from the front hit it, after which the bus went out of control and fell into the Alaknanda river. While the bus was falling, many people fell into the ditch near the Alaknanda river, who were rescued, in which two people died and the rest of the injured were sent for treatment.
