At least 17 people were killed and 26 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck transporting gas cylinders in Jharkhand’s Pakur district on Wednesday morning.
Police said the accident took place around 8:30am on the Govindpur-Sahibganj State Highway at Paderkola village in Amrapara police station area, reports The Hindu quoting news agency Press Trust of India.
The bus with around 40 passengers on board was heading to Jasidih in Deoghar district from Barharwa in Sahibganj.
Several people trapped inside the bus had to be brought out after dismantling the vehicle with gas-cutters, police said.
Dense fog in the area could be the reason behind the accident, they said, adding, fortunately none of the gas cylinders on the truck exploded.
