2010 Jalaun district bus crash
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Date | 17 February 2010 |
Location | India |
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Passengers | 70 |
Deaths | 22 |
The 2010 Jalaun district bus crash occurred on 17 February 2010 when a bus with approximately 70 passengers, mostly wedding guests, crashed into the Yamuna River at around midnight. It killed 22 of the passengers with at least 13 still unaccounted for.[1]
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At around midnight on 17 February 2010, a bus heavily laden with passengers coming back from a wedding, lost control on a makeshift bridge spanning the Yamuna River in Jalaun District of Uttar Pradesh in India. 40 people on the bus managed to escape, by breaking windows, however 22 lost their lives, whilst 13 are still unaccounted for, presumed drowned. Local authorities worked throughout the morning to free trapped people inside the bus and helped save many lives. There is no word on whether the bride and groom who were believed to also be travelling on the bus survived the incident.[2]
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- Disasters in India in 2010
- February 17 Jalaun district bus crash
- 23 March Fire at Stephen Court
- April 13 Eastern Indian storm
- May-August Heat waves
- May 17–19 Cyclone Laila
- May 22 AI Flight 812 crash
- May 28 Jnaneswari Express train derailment
- July 19 Sainthia train collision
- August 6 Ladakh floods
- August 7 Mumbai oil spill
- September 20 Badarwas train collision
- October-November Cyclone Jal
- October 30 West Bengal ferry sinking
- November 15 Lalita Park building collapse
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