12 killed after bus ferrying distillery company workers falls into soil mine pit in Chhattisgarh’s Durg

Durg, 10/4: At least 12 people were killed and 14 injured — all employees of a private firm — as a bus they were on fell into a ‘murum’ soil mine pit in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district on Tuesday night, officials said.

The incident took place around 8.30 pm near Khapri village under Kumhari Police Station limits when the victims were returning home after work from a distillery, Durg Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla said.