At least 15 people died and 25 were injured on Sunday when a bus plunged into a ditch in the Coochbehar district of West Bengal, India, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) said.

The injured were hospitalized; four remain in a critical condition.

Local people later went on the rampage over claims that the injured received improper treatment.

A broken front wheel which caused the driver to lose control was cited as a preliminary cause of the crash.

India`s transport system has a notoriously high fatality rate, with around 100,000 people dying in road accidents each year.
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