Two persons killed, 12 others injured in road accident

Two persons killed, 12 others injured in road accident

PTIUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 08:45 PM IST
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Katihar: Two persons including a teacher and a student of a were killed and 12 others injured today in collision between a school bus and a truck in a locality on NH-31 in Bihar’s Katihar district, a police officer said. The mishap took place near Devipur Suresh Nagar locality as a private school bus carrying some students and teachers collided head-on with a sand-laden truck, Superintendent of Police Sidharth Mohan Jain said.

While a seven year-old girl student Priti Thakur and a teacher Nirupa Rai (40) died on the spot, a dozen others sustained injuries, he said.

The injured were admitted to a Primary Health Centre (PHC), Jain said. Meanwhile, the incident sparked off protest by the local people who torched the truck and ransacked a hospital before blocking the road, he said. Efforts were on to pacify the protesters.

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