19 Wedding Guests Electrocuted on Bus
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From Times Wire Reports
At least 19 wedding guests were electrocuted when baggage atop the bus they were in hit a high-voltage power line in northern India, police said. Earlier press reports had the death toll at 60.
The accident occurred in a village in the Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh state, 280 miles east of New Delhi. The bus was on its way to the bride’s home at the time. At least 35 people escaped the bus unhurt, police said.
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