<p>Hazaribag, Jharkhand: At least seven people were killed and several others injured on Thursday after a Patna-bound bus with passengers on board overturned in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police said.</p><p>The accident occurred near Gorhar Police Station area, around 50 km away from district headquarters, when the bus overturned while negotiating a sharp bend, a senior officer said.</p><p>"Seven deaths have been confirmed so far. Some more people may be trapped in the bus," Hazaribag SP Arvind Kumar Singh told <em>PTI</em>.</p><p>There were about 50 passengers on the bus which was going to Patna from Kolkata when the accident took place, another officer said.</p><p>Motichand Prasad, a passenger of the bus, said his wife Rajkumari Prasad was killed in the accident.</p><p>"We were asleep when the accident occurred in the morning. We boarded the bus in Kolkata on Wednesday for Bihar," Prasad, a resident of Bihar's Gopalganj, said.</p><p>Another passenger from Bihar Sharif Ganesh Kumar said that the accident took place around 6 AM.</p><p>"There were around 50 passengers on the bus. As the driver negotiated a sharp bend, he lost control over the bus and the vehicle overturned," Kumar said.</p><p>A police official on the spot said that around 10 people of those injured in the accident are in critical condition. </p>
<p>Hazaribag, Jharkhand: At least seven people were killed and several others injured on Thursday after a Patna-bound bus with passengers on board overturned in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police said.</p><p>The accident occurred near Gorhar Police Station area, around 50 km away from district headquarters, when the bus overturned while negotiating a sharp bend, a senior officer said.</p><p>"Seven deaths have been confirmed so far. Some more people may be trapped in the bus," Hazaribag SP Arvind Kumar Singh told <em>PTI</em>.</p><p>There were about 50 passengers on the bus which was going to Patna from Kolkata when the accident took place, another officer said.</p><p>Motichand Prasad, a passenger of the bus, said his wife Rajkumari Prasad was killed in the accident.</p><p>"We were asleep when the accident occurred in the morning. We boarded the bus in Kolkata on Wednesday for Bihar," Prasad, a resident of Bihar's Gopalganj, said.</p><p>Another passenger from Bihar Sharif Ganesh Kumar said that the accident took place around 6 AM.</p><p>"There were around 50 passengers on the bus. As the driver negotiated a sharp bend, he lost control over the bus and the vehicle overturned," Kumar said.</p><p>A police official on the spot said that around 10 people of those injured in the accident are in critical condition. </p>