Friday, May 14, 2010

Electricity Cable Kills at Least 28 Wedding Guests on Indian Bus

Police in India said Friday at least 28 people were killed after a bus touched a high-voltage electricity cable and caught fire.

It is believed that the passengers were guests returning from a wedding.

The fire is thought to have started when a steel cupboard tied to the vehicle's roof scraped the power line.

Police officer Ram Pyari Dhurwey said the accident occurred in Mandla district in the central Madhya Pradesh state.

The United News of India agency said three children and 12 women were among those killed on the bus, which was carrying 32 people.

Police chief K.K. Sharma told AFP, "There was a metal almirah (large cabinet) on top of the bus which came in contact with a high-voltage power cable, resulting in the electrocution of 28 of the wedding guests."

It is the second such accident in India in as many days.

At least 15 people were killed in eastern Bihar state on Thursday when a live power cable fell on their bus.

Click here for more on this story from Sky News.

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