1 dies, 30 hurt as bus rams into tree

Our Correspondent

Tanda Urmar, July 12

A total of 30 passengers were injured after an overspeeding private bus met with an accident on Tanda-Hoshiarpur road near Rampur village on Monday. The accident happened after the bus heading towards Tanda first rammed into a scooter and then crashed into a tree.

The impact of the collision was so severe that the bus broke into two parts and passengers got trapped. Nearby villagers pulled the injured passengers out of the ill-fated vehicle by using an earth mover. An 8-year-old child and a woman got stuck between engine and seat of the bus, who were pulled out with great difficulty.

The injured were shifted to hospitals in Tanda and Hoshiarpur. The vicitm has been identified Sukhjinder Singh (scooterist), a resident of Kandhala Jattan. He succumbed to his injuries during the treatment. Those admitted to the hospital in Tanda included Satnam Singh, a resident of Shala village in Gurdaspur; Maninderjit Kaur, a resident of Moonak Kalan; Simmi, a resident of Kumpur; Sandeep Sunny, a resident of Moonak Khurd; Rekha, a resident of Sarai; Mohan Singh of Chotala village; Jaswant Kaur a resident of Budhipind; and Davinderpal of Jalalpur village. The condition of some of the injured was said to be critical.