30 hurt in Assam bus mishap

Rangiya: At least 30 passengers were injured when the bus carrying them fell into a roadside ditch in central Assam's Kamrup (rural) district today.

Police said the bus from Dumoni in Baksa district was travelling to Guwahati when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it fell into the ditch beside National Highway 31 near Septi.

Thirty passengers including some women and children were injured, some of them seriously, in the mishap, the sources said.

The injured have been admitted to the Rangiya Civil Hospital while a couple of serious victims have been shifted to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.

The driver of the bus is absconding.