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Murshidabad bus accident: Drowning people struggle to survive as locals jump in to help

A West Bengal state-run bus carrying sleeping passengers met with a terrible fate early on Monday morning after it ran through a bridge in Murshidabad and tumbled into a canal.

The accident led to at least 42 deaths, and is feared to have been caused by the bus driver's carelessness, who was seen talking over the phone when he lost control of the bus.

But even as many died, local were able to save at least 10 people.

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