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Six Wedding Guests Die From Electrocution

At least six wedding guests have dead as a result of an electrocution after  a live high-tension power wire fell on top of a bus conveying them to a wedding in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

Official said the bus was ferrying people to a marriage function when the mishap happened.

“The freak incident took place in Chennari area of the state’s Rohtas district late Tuesday night when a live high-tension power wire fell on a group of people sitting on top of a bus,” a police official said.

He said the victims have been admitted to a local hospital, where the condition of two are said to be serious.

“The bus driver has been booked for allowing people to sit on the roof of the vehicle and carrying more than its loaded capacity,” the official said.

He said a probe has been ordered into the incident.

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