Tura, Oct 1: Two more bodies have been found floating inside the MTC bus that lay half submerged in the Ringdi river after it fell off the Nongchram bridge on Wednesday night while going from Tura to Shillong via Nongstoin highway.
The bodies of the second MTC driver Dapborlang Wankhar (40) and another passenger identified as Larsen Marak of Chidekgre were taken out of the submerged bus after tow trucks and cranes were used to bring out the vehicle on Friday morning.
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According to SP of East Garo Hills, the first body was of the MTC driver Dapborlang who was found at 9 AM and later, at 11:45 AM the body of Larsen was located.
This also brings the number of passengers in the bus to 23, from the earlier figure of 21.