Continue playing Truck falls off bridge in India killing 21 You may also like Watch again Truck falls off bridge in India killing 21 You may also likeAt least 21 revellers were killed en route to a wedding when their truck flew off a bridge, police said Wednesday, the latest horrific crash on India's accident-prone roads. The truck, carrying more than 40 passengers, smashed through a protective railing in central Madhya Pradesh state late Tuesday and plunged nearly 20 metres to a dry riverbed below. Police in Sidhi district said 21 people were injured, most of them critically, in the accident some 560 kilometres (350 miles) from the state capital Bhopal. Last week, at least 30 people, including 27 children, were killed in northern Himachal Pradesh state when a school bus plunged off a cliff. The next day, 18 people were killed when a truck packed with labourers overturned on a highway in western India.

Source: The Guardian April 18, 2018 14:15 UTC