STORY: 12 killed, 30 injured as bus crashes in India's Rajasthan
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 29, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:55
LOCATION: New Delhi
CATEGORY: OTHERS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the site of the accident
2. various of the injured being transferred to the hospital

STORYLINE:

At least 12 people were killed and 30 others injured, some of them critically, Tuesday after a bus carrying them crashed into a culvert in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, police said.
   
The accident took place in Laxmangarh of Sikar district, about 147 km northwest of Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan.
   
According to police, the private bus full of passengers was traveling from Salasar to Nawalgarh when the mishap occurred.

"Some of the injured have been referred to Jaipur and the remaining are being treated at S K Hospital, Sikar," senior police official Satyendra Choudhary said.

"Seven people died in Laxmangarh and five people lost their lives while receiving treatment in the hospital here," superintendent of S K Hospital, Sikar, Dr Mahendra Khichad said, "A total of 37 patients were admitted here, out of whom two were declared brought dead, three died during the treatment and seven were referred to Jaipur and the remaining are undergoing treatment here."
   
Police have registered a case and ordered an investigation to ascertain the cause of the crash.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi.
(XHTV)