Two persons killed, five injured after bus overturns in Chhattisgarh

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Two persons were killed and five others injured after a bus in which they were travelling overturned in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday, a senior police official said.

The accident took place near Bangapal village on a national highway when the private bus was heading to Bijapur from state capital Raipur, he said.

The total number of passengers travelling in the bus was not yet known.

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The bus driver lost control over the wheels following which it overturned, the official said.

Two persons died on the spot, he said.

Five others were injured and shifted to a hospital in neighbouring Dantewada district, the official added.

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