Kanpur: A private bus carrying 20 factory workers plunged into a canal after colliding with a dumper in Kanpur’s Bidhnu on Thursday morning.All workers suffered injuries and were rescued by locals and police and admitted to a local health facility.Police said the accident occurred around 8am when the bus was hit by a speeding dumper and broke through the bridge’s railings before plunging into the Ramganga canal.The bus was carrying workers to a factory in Kanpur Dehat. Since the water level in the canal was low, passengers managed to come out through the windows onto the bus roof to seek help. Police, locals, and fire brigade teams used ropes and ladders to rescue all the passengers.Ramnaresh, an injured passenger, said, “A speeding dumper coming from the opposite direction hit the bus and sped away. The bus driver instead of controlling the bus jumped off and thereafter the bus fell into the canal.”The accident led to traffic jams on the route for a few hours. With the help of three cranes, the bus was lifted out of the canal.Bidhnu police station in-charge, Tejbahadur Singh, said some workers sustained serious injuries and added that a probe has been started into the accident.
