Kolkata: At least nine people were killed in a head-on-collision between a heavily loaded truck and a small vehicle in West Bengal’s Purulia district bordering Jharkhand on Friday morning, officials said.
Police said the victims, who were returning in a Bolero from a wedding party, were from the neighbouring Jharkhand’s Nimdi area.
Early Morning Accident
The accident occurred in the early morning at Namsole on the Purulia-Jamshedpur National Highway when the victims were returning home from a wedding party.
The victims were yet to be identified.
Police said all the occupants of the small car were presumed dead after being involved in the head-on collision with the 18-wheel truck, which also turned turtle.
The bodies were sent for postmortem.
Another Accident In West Bengal
Only yesterday in Howrah district a lorry hit a bus full of passengers, killing three people and injuring at least 26 others.
The local official said that the accident took place in Bagnan area at around 7.30 am, when a collision took place between the bus and the lorry.
Accident Due To Rain
Police said that the accident took place when the bus was going from Bagnan to Shyambazar in North Kolkata. The accident occurred when the bus was trying to cross National Highway 16. Visibility may have been low due to heavy rain at that time.
He said that the lorry was going towards Kolaghat and collided with the passenger vehicle after violating traffic signals.
The Minister At Accident Site
The 29 injured people were rushed to the hospital, where three people died. Some of them were discharged after initial treatment. State Minister Arup Roy and MLA Arunabh Sen reached the accident site to take stock of the rescue operation.
He said that the lorry was going towards Kolaghat and collided with the passenger vehicle after violating traffic signals.
Accident In UP
Only last week five people were killed when an ambulance carrying a dead body collided with another vehicle in the Shukul Bazar of Amethi district here in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police sources said here.
Police said that this accident happened early this morning on the Purvanchal Expressway when the ambulance carrying a dead body from Haryana to Bihar hit a pickup vehicle from behind.