<p>Chandigarh: At least five passengers were killed and over two dozen injured after a private bus fell into a drain in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/punjab">Punjab</a>'s Faridkot district on Tuesday, officials said.</p><p>The accident occurred on the Faridkot-Kotkapura road at around 8 am when the bus carrying 36 passengers was going from Muktsar to Amritsar.</p><p>The bus plunged into the drain from a 10-feet high bridge after the driver prima facie lost control over the vehicle, officials said.</p>.Punjab: Man among the second batch of deportees from US held in snatching case.<p>Some eyewitnesses claimed the bus first collided with a truck and then fell into the drain.</p><p>Five people have died in the incident, Faridkot Senior Superintendent of Police Pragya Jain told PTI over phone.</p><p>She further said 26 passengers have been shifted to the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot.</p><p>Of the injured, two have been referred to another hospital in Amritsar. One of them lost an arm in the accident.</p><p>A help-desk has been set up at the hospital.</p>
<p>Chandigarh: At least five passengers were killed and over two dozen injured after a private bus fell into a drain in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/punjab">Punjab</a>'s Faridkot district on Tuesday, officials said.</p><p>The accident occurred on the Faridkot-Kotkapura road at around 8 am when the bus carrying 36 passengers was going from Muktsar to Amritsar.</p><p>The bus plunged into the drain from a 10-feet high bridge after the driver prima facie lost control over the vehicle, officials said.</p>.Punjab: Man among the second batch of deportees from US held in snatching case.<p>Some eyewitnesses claimed the bus first collided with a truck and then fell into the drain.</p><p>Five people have died in the incident, Faridkot Senior Superintendent of Police Pragya Jain told PTI over phone.</p><p>She further said 26 passengers have been shifted to the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot.</p><p>Of the injured, two have been referred to another hospital in Amritsar. One of them lost an arm in the accident.</p><p>A help-desk has been set up at the hospital.</p>