A six-month-old baby died and 43 people were injured when their bus crashed into a stationary truck in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district on Friday, police said.
The accident took place early in the morning on National Highway-53 in Saraipali town. The bus was travelling from Durg to Puri (Odisha) when it hit the truck, which had stopped on the side of the road due to a breakdown.
The crash was so strong that the infant girl on the bus died instantly, while 43 other passengers were hurt. At least 19 passengers were seriously injured.
A police team quickly arrived at the scene and took the injured to a local health center in Saraipali. Later, they were transferred to the Mahasamund district hospital.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai expressed sadness over the incident and ordered the local authorities to provide better medical care to the injured.
"The news of the baby girl’s death and 43 injuries in a bus-truck accident in Saraipali is heartbreaking. The injured are receiving treatment, and I have instructed the administration to improve medical support," Sai wrote on 'X'.
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