6 killed as speeding bus falls on its side

Press Trust of India  |  Midnapore (WB) 

Six persons were killed and over 20 others injured after a speeding bus fell on its side in West district today, the police said.

Nearly 50 tribal people hired a bus from Pirakata under station area to visit a fair at Silda in the same district.

The accident occurred near Jhitka when the lost control of the bus while negotiating a turn and it fell on its side killing six persons, police said.

The injured people were being brought to the Medical College and Hospital here.

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First Published: Sat, June 16 2018. 16:35 IST