36 people died after bus falls in canal

A bus plunged into a canal after smashing through the railing of a bridge. More than 36 persons were killed in this incident which took place at Daulatabad in Berhampore district of West Bengal on Monday.

Till 7:00 pm, rescuers fished out 36 bodies even as four cranes pulled the bus out of the canal, which flows into the Jalangi river, a tributary of the Hooghly.

District magistrate P Ulaganathan confirmed 36 were killed in the accident.

The toll is likely to rise as the North Bengal State Transport Corporation bus, headed from Domkal to Murshidabad, had more than 52 people in it, according to those who survived.

Reason for the incident is not yet known some blamed the driver and said he was trying to overtake while some other said he was taking on his Mobile Phone.