Gujarat: Bus falls off bridge in Amreli, 35 passengers escape

“A few passengers sustained minor bruises. But nobody received any serious injury. The driver of the bus was drunk and failed to negotiate the curve. The area is an accident-prone zone and have witnessed mishaps in the past also,” Pravin Der, assistant sub-inspector of Rajula police, said.

The police said the bus was on its way to Ahmedabad from Diu when it met with the accident. The driver of the bus was identified as Baldev Rabari, a resident of Ahmedabad.

“The travel agency to which the bus belonged arranged for another bus and passengers continued their onward journey. We have detained the driver after filing cases of rash driving and under Prohibition Act against him,” Der, who is investigating the case, further said.