This Article is From Apr 06, 2013

Two killed, 23 injured in Nagaland bus accident

Kohima: Two persons, including a woman, were killed and another 23 persons injured when a bus fell into a deep gorge near Pherima in Nagaland's Dimapur district today.

The Nagaland State Transport bus traveling to Dimapur from Kohima carrying 37 passengers fell into the gorge off National Highway-2 because of mechanical failure, official sources said.

The driver Teisovi and an unidentified woman were killed and another 23 injured, the sources said.

Those with minor injuries were treated at the Mediziphema Hospital and those with major injuries were taken to the Dimapur district hospital.

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