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Bus crash in India kills 22

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Published: Feb. 17, 2010 at 7:41 AM

NEW DELHI, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A bus loaded with people traveling to a wedding fell into a river Wednesday in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, killing at least 22 people, police said.

Thirty other passengers were injured in the incident in the village of Maharajpura in the Jalaun district, the Times of India-IANS reported.

Police said the bus plunged in the Pahuj River shortly after midnight while using a makeshift bridge.

"We believe now no one is trapped inside the bus. We managed to rescue 40 passengers, of (whom) 30 received injuries in the accident," a police official was quoted as saying.

Police were searching for the driver who left the scene after the accident, the report said.

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