One person was killed and several others, all of them South Korean nationals, were injured when a tourist bus met with an accident in the district today, police said.
The mishap took place under the jurisdiction of Atri police station area when a bus, ferrying around 30 South Korean nationals from Bodhgaya to Rajgir, lost control and overturned, the Sub-divisional Police Officer of Nimchak Bathani, Gaya, Vijay Kumar Sinha, said.
A resident of nearby Tapasvi Nagar village, who was crossing the area on a bicycle, got crushed under the bus and died on the spot, the SDPO said.
He also said nearly a dozen passengers were injured in the mishap and they were administered first aid at local dispensaries.
Two tourists, with serious injuries, were taken to the Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College in Gaya town where their condition was stated to be out of danger, he said.
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