Picture after the accident.
– Photo : Amar Ujala
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A bus carrying pilgrims from Nepal to Deoghar overturned on NH 28 in Musarigharari police station area of Samastipur. More than 25 pilgrims travelling in the bus were injured in this accident. All the injured pilgrims have been admitted to private and Sadar hospitals in Musarigharari. There were 43 Nepalese pilgrims travelling in the bus. The incident is said to have taken place around 3:00 in the morning.
Passengers say that the bus was going to Deoghar with pilgrims from Nepal. During this time, the axle of the bus broke a little ahead of the square on NH 28 in Musrigharari police station area. Due to this, the bus overturned on the side of the road. However, the speed of the bus was not high, due to which the life of a kanwariya was narrowly saved. More than 25 kanwariyas have been injured in this accident, who were admitted to a private hospital in Musrigharari. Some kanwariyas were sent to Sadar Hospital in the morning where all of them were given first aid and were discharged.
He was going to Deoghar to perform Jalabhishek
On the other hand, local people say that after this incident which happened at around 3:00 AM in the morning, there was chaos on NH 28. On getting the information of the incident, the police of Musrigharari police station reached the spot immediately and took out the devotees trapped in the bus and took the injured devotees to a private hospital located on the NH side for treatment. It was told that the devotees were going to Deoghar to perform Jalabhishek by boarding a bus from the area adjacent to Jaynagar Nepal. During this time, the accident happened on NH 28.
Everyone left from Nepal on Saturday morning
The Kanwarias told that they were going to Deoghar to perform Jalabhishek and had left Nepal on Saturday at 11:00 am. At around 3:00 in the night, a vehicle coming from the front hit the bus due to which the axle of the bus broke and the bus overturned on the side of the road. The speed of the bus was not high due to which there was no loss of life or property. The injured Kanwarias include Ramkishore Mahato, Jhuniya Devi, Roshni Mukhiya, Param Sheela Devi, Shripati Mukhiya, Parvati Devi, Bindeshwar Mukhiya, Lucky Mukhiya, Arun Mukhiya, Parminder Mukhiya, Jagat Mukhiya, Vinod Pandit, Moti Pandit, Vishwanath Mukhiya, Rajesh Sah, Laxmi Yadav, etc., who are residents of Bara district of Nepal.
