10 killed as India bus hits power line

At least 10 people in India were killed when their bus made contact with a roadside power line and caught fire, officials said late Sunday. The accident occurred in the eastern state of Odisha, near Mandarajpur, when part of the bus carrying about 40 passengers ignited after touching an 11-kilovolt power line, the Press Trust of India cited a police officer, Sadar Jayant Kumar Mohapatra, as saying. Five other people were in critical condition, according to PTI.

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