{"id":58989,"date":"2024-12-28T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T06:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=58989"},"modified":"2024-12-28T06:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T06:06:03","slug":"tragic-bus-accident-in-bathinda-claims-eight-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/tragic-bus-accident-in-bathinda-claims-eight-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Bus Accident in Bathinda Claims Eight Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tragic accident on Friday claimed the lives of <strong>eight people<\/strong> and left many injured when a private bus crashed through a railing of a bridge and plunged into a drain at Jeewan Singhwala village, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bus, carrying over <strong>45 passengers<\/strong>, was en route to <strong>Bathinda from Talwandi Sabo<\/strong> when it fell into the <strong>Lasara drain<\/strong>, officials reported. Locals immediately rushed to the scene to assist the passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rescue Operations Launched<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities confirmed the <strong>death of eight people<\/strong> in the accident. A <strong>rescue operation<\/strong> was swiftly launched by the police and district administration, who transported the injured to nearby hospitals. A team from the <strong>National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)<\/strong> also arrived at the site to provide assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weather and Cause of Accident<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials stated that the <strong>inclement weather<\/strong> in the area might have played a role in the tragedy. However, the <strong>exact cause of the accident<\/strong> is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bathinda Deputy Commissioner <strong>Showkat Ahmad Parray<\/strong>, who was present to oversee the rescue efforts, said medical teams and ambulances were dispatched promptly to manage the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tragic incident underscores the need for heightened road safety measures and rigorous oversight of vehicle operations to prevent such devastating accidents in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic accident on Friday claimed the lives of eight people and left many injured when a private bus crashed through a railing of a bridge&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58989","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58991,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58989\/revisions\/58991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}