Six killed in West Bengal road mishap
Kolkata, Sept 4 (IBNS): At least six persons, including two children and two women, were killed as a SUV crashed into a truck on State Highway 12A at Bhogramguri area under Mathabhanga Police Station limits in northern West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on the wee hours of Tuesday, reports said.
According to reports, a Mahindra Bolero suddenly lost its control and after hitting a truck, which was parked beside the state highway, from behind, it overturned and fell into a roadside canal at around 3 am.
After being rescued, nine passengers and the driver of the vehicle were rushed to a nearby hospital where six of them were pronounced dead.
Police said that labourers from Cooch Behar's Tufanganj and Kamakhyaguri in neighbouring Alipurduar district were going to join their work in Siliguri when their car met the accident.
Local police, however, have started investigation into the mishap.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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