New Delhi, May 3 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the loss of lives in a road accident in Bihar.

At least 20 people on board a Delhi-bound bus were feared dead when the vehicle skidded off a highway in Bihar's East Champaran district, fell into a deep pit and caught fire.

"My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones due to a bus accident in Motihari. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest," the Prime Minister was quoted as saying by the PMO.

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