2 Killed, Several Injured As Bus Skids Off Road In Arunachal

The bus with 13 passengers on board was on the way from Daporijo in Upper Subansiri of Arunachal Pradesh to Silapathar in Dhemaji district of neighbouring Assam.

Two persons died and several others were injured as a passenger bus skidded off the road and fell 200 metres below in the Leparada district of Arunachal Pradesh, police said on Friday. The incident happened around 9.30 pm on Thursday near Tirbin, they said. The bus with 13 passengers on board was on the way from Daporijo in Upper Subansiri of Arunachal Pradesh to Silapathar in Dhemaji district of neighbouring Assam, Leparada's Superintendent of Police PN Thongdok said. The driver, RK Singh (57), and co-driver A Biswakarma (24) died on the spot, he said. The injured were admitted to the district hospital at Basar, he added.