A private bus carrying passengers veered off the road and tumbled into a 20-foot-deep gorge near Mhow (renamed as Ambedkar Nagar) in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, claiming the lives of two women and leaving several others injured, police officials said.

The mishap occurred near Bherughat in the Simrol village area, a hilly stretch prone to such accidents.

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The bus, according to police and officials said, as many as 30 passengers were there in the bus.

Eyewitnesses reported that the bus lost control while navigating a sharp bend, plunging into the ravine.

Quick-thinking passersby and residents from nearby Simrol village sprang into action, rushing to the site to pull trapped passengers from the wreckage.

Using ropes and bare hands, they managed to extricate several in

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