According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 5, "The death toll in the Kurla bus accident has risen to 8. One more injured person died at Sion Hospital. The deceased was a resident of the Ghatkopar area, named Fazlu Rehman Shaikh (52) who died during treatment today."
A senior official said on Sunday (local time) that the death toll from Cyclone Chido's passage across Mayotte would be in the hundreds, perhaps even thousands, as France rushed in rescue workers and supplies, France 24 reported.
According to Fire Department officials, as per recent updates, the death toll in the Kurla has risen to 7 and the number of injured people has increased to 49.
While two critically injured victims were rushed to Bikaner for urgent treatment. Tragically, one of the injured succumbed to their injuries en route, raising the death toll to five. Kishor Singh Rajput, a truck driver from Ratan Garh, is receiving medical attention at the hospital.
The accident occurred on Friday afternoon near Bindravana Tola village, along the Gondia-Arjuni road, when a Maharashtra State Transport bus overturned. The bus, travelling from Nagpur to Gondia, had over 40 passengers on board at the time of the incident.
Local police on Thursday updated the death toll to 15 and said 113 others were missing after landslides in six villages of the mountainous district of Bulambulion Wednesday.