Bus carrying Badrinath pilgrims overturns near Rishikesh, 7 injured

Seven pilgrims sustained minor injuries after a bus they were travelling overturned on the Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway near Shivpuri in Uttarakhands Tehri district while returning from Badrinath on Sunday, police said. According to the police, 25 passengers along with a driver, Rajesh, and conductor, Sonu, both from Dehradun, were on board the bus when the accident occurred near the Kalthri dumping point.

Seven pilgrims sustained minor injuries after a bus they were travelling overturned on the Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway near Shivpuri in Uttarakhand's Tehri district while returning from Badrinath on Sunday, police said. According to the police, 25 passengers along with a driver, Rajesh, and conductor, Sonu, both from Dehradun, were on board the bus when the accident occurred near the Kalthri dumping point. The bus was heading towards Rishikesh from the Badrinath shrine. The police said the driver's window suddenly opened and the vehicle veered off the road as he tried to close it. ​The injured people -- all residents of Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh -- have been identified as Sonam Gupta (28), Munni Devi (56), Chandra Prakash Gupta (62), Sanjay Chaurasia (59), Sita Devi (38), Kumari Shabnam (32), and Manish Giri (44). They were taken to the Rishikesh District Hospital and admitted there. The remaining 18 passengers were said to be safe and were sent to their destination in Lakhimpur Kheri through alternative transport arrangements, the police said.