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By Anjana Pasricha
New Delhi
16 April 2008


In Western India, at least 44 school students were killed when a bus plunged 1 into a river. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi.


The tragedy occurred early Wednesday, when dozens of school students were on a school bus, traveling to take an examination near Vadodara, in western Gujarat state.


 


The head of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, G.R. Aloriya, says the bus veered 2 off a bridge and plowed 3 through a concrete railing and into a deep canal.


"Mostly students were there. [From] Five, six villages, the students boarded the bus in the morning because of exams," said Aloriya. "On Narmada bridge, the driver lost the control and it plunged into the main canal. The accident happened very close to the town. "


Rescue teams rushed to the site to pull the passengers out of the river, but they could only rescue a handful of survivors 4. Dozens of students in the bus died. Three adults, including the driver of the bus, were also killed.


Officials say several passengers are still missing.


Grieving parents and relatives crowded the bridge. Many tried to revive their children as they were brought out from the canal. Many of the victims were girls.


Authorities say they will investigate the cause of Wednesday's accident.


Analysts 5 have been drawing attention to the high number of road accidents in India. Last year, nearly 95,000 people died in road accidents.


Rohit Baluja, who heads the Institute of Road Traffic Education in New Delhi, says many factors - including a lack of road safety and poor driving skills - are to blame.


"Higher speeds, no management, no enforcement, lack of traffic engineering and drivers not being aware of the hazards, driver training is a big handicap, and all these factors combined together are actually responsible," said Baluja.


Schools buses have been involved in several fatal accidents in the past year. Last December, at least 19 people died in the northern state of Punjab after a school bus collided with a train at a railway crossing, apparently 6 because of poor visibility.




v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转
  • The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road. 公共汽车突然驶入了逆行道。
  • The truck veered off the road and crashed into a tree. 卡车突然驶离公路撞上了一棵树。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 );犁耕;费力穿过
  • They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
  • He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土,然后播种。 来自辞典例句
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
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accommodating transaction
additional element
Adrianouplis
air-ground radiotelephone
appointment of trustee
atmospheric vacuum distillation process
Ban Nong Hang
bends over
beneficial power
boded
body mechanics
Bursa subcutanea infrapatellaris
camile
carboxyheptyl
cerebral pia mater
cermet for cargo gear
charcoal revivifyig plant
circuit length
coincidence tuning
confirmed leeter of credit
conspecificity
deactivation of molecule
dichroa febrifuga lour.
die for special purpose
dilly bags
dividend check
domination principle
dual well
electrocardiogram scale
exilest
filtration control agent
fire assaying
first-order design
floating ring transmission
flylan (vlieland )
forebay dam
funis presentation
galeopsis tetrahits
genus Hypsiglena
geodetic station
globoid indexing cam mechanism
growth motivation
Guiscriff
h-reg
heaven knows
homopetalous
homoscedastic arrays
hydraulic plucking
Hydroton
IAMAP
in mora
international case-law
invariant assignment optimization
Japanese crucian carp
Jizhong
juasani-do (chwasari-do)
kneebars
LL-37
Man-aung Kyun
mineral cycle
morando
murmelstein
npc
pace-egg
palatalisation
pancreatitic
Payne, L.
perjuration
phenoltetraiodophthalein sodium
phosphoglucosamine acetylase
photonovel
polymeric immunoglobulin receptor
product of uniform space
punching drilling
putritude
quantum orthogonal signal
quick return
Rashomon-style
recirculation heater
rotational spectra
sandblast
scoot about
selenium(vi) fluoride
sifters
simultaneous estimate
slip erosion
sludge conditioning
solution basin
star-map
stockard
syndrome with good prognosis
table of type
thermoelectric power system
track scale
transmission box
ultimate wilting point
ultraviolet ray microscope
use characteristics
vaguely remember
villainry
water entrained by steam
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