Six people, including an 18-month-old boy, died on Sunday and 27 people were injured when a government bus they were travelling in hit a stationary truck from behind in north Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Bibek Saha, Pampa Saha, Jamuna Roy, Sajal Sarkar, Suvankar Sil, and Shyamal Chandra Barman. Eight people are still in critical condition.
All the dead and injured were travelling on the bus. The driver has been detained. The injured passengers were rushed to the Jalpaiguri Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) and the Maynaguri government hospital.
The North Bengal State Transport Corporation bus, travelling from Siliguri to Cooch Behar, hit a parked truck from behind at Ulladabri, around eight km from Maynaguri, police said.
Jalpaiguri SP Sujata Kumari Beena Pani said prima facie, adverse weather and slippery road conditions may have contributed to the accident.
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee expressed his condolences on X.
