Bus falls into river at Madhavgarh UP, 23 Killed

Twenty-three members of a marriage party were killed when their bus fell into a river in Madhav Garh in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district in the wee hours of Wednesday. Police officials and rescue workers have reached the spot. "The mishap took place after midnight at Jalaun's Maharajpura village that shares a border with Madhya Pradesh. The bus skidded off the road and fell into the Pahuj river," Superintendent of Police Prem Gautam told IANS over phone from Jalaun, about 250 km from here. "We believe now no one is trapped inside the bus. We managed to rescue 40 passengers, of which 30 had received injuries in the accident," he added. The passengers were on their way from Muraina in Madhya Pradesh to Jalaun to attend a wedding.