Bus overturns in Kangra, two toddlers killed

Press Trust of India  |  Dharamshala 

Two toddlers were killed and 30 others injured today when a tourist bus overturned at Ranital, about 35-kms from here, police said.

The accident happened this afternoon on Dharamshala- national highway in which two-year-old Gopal, son of Kalicharan and resident of Firozabad in and one year-old Suryashi, daughter of Ravi Kumar and resident of Agra were killed, a senior police official said.



30 people were also injured in the accident, and rushed to a hospital where most of them are said to be out of danger.

Police suspect that the bus overturned due to negligence or rash driving by the driver.

"The bus overturned possibly due to the driver could not negotiate the hill track or was driving rashly," Suprindent of Police Kangra S Gandhi said, adding a case was registered against the driver.

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Bus overturns in Kangra, two toddlers killed

Two toddlers were killed and 30 others injured today when a tourist bus overturned at Ranital, about 35-kms from here, police said. The accident happened this afternoon on Dharamshala- Chandigarh national highway in which two-year-old Gopal, son of Kalicharan and resident of Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh and one year-old Suryashi, daughter of Ravi Kumar and resident of Agra were killed, a senior police official said. 30 people were also injured in the accident, and rushed to a hospital where most of them are said to be out of danger. Police suspect that the bus overturned due to negligence or rash driving by the driver. "The bus overturned possibly due to the driver could not negotiate the hill track or was driving rashly," Suprindent of Police Kangra S Gandhi said, adding a case was registered against the driver. Two toddlers were killed and 30 others injured today when a tourist bus overturned at Ranital, about 35-kms from here, police said.

The accident happened this afternoon on Dharamshala- national highway in which two-year-old Gopal, son of Kalicharan and resident of Firozabad in and one year-old Suryashi, daughter of Ravi Kumar and resident of Agra were killed, a senior police official said.

30 people were also injured in the accident, and rushed to a hospital where most of them are said to be out of danger.

Police suspect that the bus overturned due to negligence or rash driving by the driver.

"The bus overturned possibly due to the driver could not negotiate the hill track or was driving rashly," Suprindent of Police Kangra S Gandhi said, adding a case was registered against the driver.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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