Place:Howrah
Date and time: 4 July 2009 at 3.45 p.m.
Incident: A private bus fall on 12 No. platform of the rail line breaking Bankim Setu.
Vehicle involvedd: A private mini bus Howrah-Sankrail, coming from Nauirgang towards Howrah.
Acuse of the accident: Reckless driving. Try to overtake other bus.
Casualities: 9 died on the spot including 5 women, 2 children,30 wounded, 8 serious.
Measure taken:A medical team withrailway officer rushed to the spot with gas cutter.
Railway Police and Zilla Police in rescue operation-injured removed to Howran Zilla Railway Orthopaedic Hospital.
9 killed in a serious bus accident
by staff reporter
Howrah,4 July 2009:
9 killed on the spot including five women ,two children , thirty were wounded as well as eight were in serious condition while a private mini bus fell on the rail line near Bamkim Setu,platform No.12.The incident took place on 4 th July at about 3.45 p.m. It is reported that the private mini bus bound to Howrah-Sankrail, which was coming from Nauirgang towards Howrah.Due to reckless driving the incident happened when the driver of the bus was trying to overtake the other bus.Local people gathered and helped to send the injured to the hospital. A medical team as well as railway officer went to the spot to observe the casuality and used their gas cutter to bring out the dead bodies and the injured from the broken vehicles.Both Railway police and Zilla police were sent to rescue the wounded and send them to Howrah Zilla Railway Orthopaedic Hospital.Please subscribe our website and share it.
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