While talking on mobile, speeding bus went out of control, travels to Pandharpur with 38 devotees overturned

Solapur: A private travel bus carrying 38 devotees overturned at Yedrav Phata in Mangalvedha taluka. Ramkumari Bhupan Singh Gurjar (age 68, Madhya Pradesh) died on the spot in this accident. Apart from that, 8 devotees have been seriously injured. 29 devotees are slightly injured.

This accident took place at 6 o’clock in the morning on Wednesday. The injured have been admitted to the government hospital in Solapur city for treatment. Preliminary information has come out that all the passengers are from Madhya Pradesh.

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The bus overturned while traveling to Pandharpur after traveling to India

A private travel bus of devotees from Madhya Pradesh for the Bharat Yatra was heading towards Pandharpur after having devdarshan in Karnataka. On its way to Pandharpur from Umdi via Mangalvedha, the bus overturned at Yedrav Phata due to the negligence of the driver. At this time, the injured devotees said that the travel bus was traveling at high speed and the driver was talking on the mobile phone. Ranjit Mane, Police Inspector of Mangalvedha Police Station immediately visited the spot and admitted the injured to a rural hospital for treatment.

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The travel bus of devotees from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh was traveling to India and after visiting Karnataka, they were heading towards Pandharpur. The bus overturned due to negligence of the driver when it reached Yedrav Phata in the early morning. The devotees informed that the driver was speeding while talking on the mobile phone. As soon as the locals of the village came to know about the incident, they visited the spot and evacuated the devotees.