18 killed in West Bengal road accident

At least 18 people were killed and five others injured in a road accident in West Bengal's Phulbari area of Nadia district on Saturday night, police said.

As per officials of the Hanskhali police station, people in a matador car were on their way to the Nabadeep crematorium to cremate a body from Bagda of North 24 Parganas, reports NDTV.

The matador was hit by a stone-laden lorry which was parked on the side of the road, leaving 18 people dead on the spot.

The injured were shifted to Shaktinagar district hospital.

Locals claimed that dense fog and high speed of the vehicle caused the accident.