Three drown as hospital bus falls into canal
December 7th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) Three people, including two doctors, were drowned and one man was reported missing as a hospital bus rolled into a canal here Wednesday.
The bus belonged to a private dental college-cum-hospital and was stated to be returning after dropping home some patients from a neighouring village from a routine health camp at the hospital.
The college, named after former state chief minister Babu Banarsi Das, is owned by his son Akhilesh Das, a Rajya Sabha member of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
According to Lucknow Deputy Inspector General of Police D.K.Thakur, “The accident occurred around 1 p.m., but it took almost two hours to get the sunk bus out of the fully-charged irrigation canal.”
“Three persons, identified as Dr. Amir Jilani, Dr. Anil Kumar (both interns) and their helper Hemendra, were found dead inside the sunk vehicle but driver Jitendra was missing,” he said.
Eyewitnesses claimed that they had seen a body being carried away by the strong current.
“Search was being undertaken in the downstream to track the missing driver’s body,” said a hospital official.
- Two students killed, 10 missing as bus falls into canal - Feb 28, 2012
- BSP leader's institute polluting Gomti river: officials - Jul 14, 2009
- Four killed in Rajasthan bus accident - Apr 28, 2012
- 16 die in Uttar Pradesh bus tragedy (Lead) - May 19, 2012
- Uttarakhand professor found murdered in Uttar Pradesh - Apr 05, 2011
- Doctor arrested for selling corpses (Lead) - Nov 18, 2010
- 12 children killed as bus falls in canal - Mar 20, 2012
- Eight dead as vehicle slams into bus in UP - Apr 21, 2012
- One dead as boat capsizes in Pakistan - Oct 17, 2011
- Driver, conductor drown as bus washed away in flood - Aug 22, 2010
- Nine killed as truck auto-rickshaw crash in Bihar - Mar 01, 2011
- Under pressure, Nepal moves to help gangraped nun - Jul 16, 2011
- 13 school children killed as bus falls in canal (Lead) - Mar 20, 2012
- 38 dead as train rams into bus in Uttar Pradesh - Jul 07, 2011
- Two girls drown in Pune - Mar 24, 2011
Tags: amir, anil kumar, babu banarsi das, banarsi, chief minister, dental college, deputy inspector general, eyewitnesses, health camp, hospital bus, interns, irrigation canal, jilani, jitendra, lucknow, rajya sabha member, routine health, state chief, three persons, two doctors