1 person was killed after a bus overturned and fell in a ditch in Jharkhand. (Representational)
One person was killed and 12 others were injured after a bus overturned and fell in a roadside ditch in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Sunday, police said.
The bus was on the way to the Chhinnamasta temple in Rajrappa in Ramgarh district from Jehanabad in Bihar with devotees when the accident happened on National Highway 2 near Pipra village in Chouparan police station area, they said.
Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chothe said the driver of the bus lost control, following which it overturned and fell in a roadside ditch.
One person was killed and 12 others were injured, he said.
Among those injured, the conditions of two persons were critical and they were sent to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi for treatment, Chothe said.
The others were undergoing treatment at the Community Health Centre in Chouparan.
The body of the man was sent to the Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital in Hazaribag for post-mortem examination, police said.
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