Infant among 6 killed as bus hits truck in Bengal
Siliguri, June 22 -- Six people, including an 18-month-old boy, died on Sunday and 27 people were injured when a government bus they were travelling in hit a stationary truck from behind in north Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, police said.
Shrinivas MP, additional superintendent of police (HQ), Jalpaiguri, said, "The child was identified as Bibek Saha. Two women, Pampa Saha and Jamuna Roy and three men, Sajal Sarkar, Suvankar Sil and Shyamal Chandra Barman, died."
"Eight people are still in critical condition. All the dead and injured were travelling on the bus. The driver has been detained," he added.
All injured passengers-15 men, 12 women and two children-were rushed to the Jalpaiguri Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) and the Maynaguri ...
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