West Bengal: Nine dead as autorickshaw rams into bus in Birbum district

Among the nine dead in the three-wheeler, eight were women and the ninth victim was its driver. The women were returning home from a paddy field

Suri: At least nine people, including eight women farm labourers, died when an autorickshaw and a state transport bus collided on National Highway-60 in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Tuesday afternoon, a senior police officer said.

The incident occurred at Mallarpur near Rampurhat when the overcrowded autorickshaw collided head-on with the South Bengal State Transport Corporation (SBSTC) bus.

Birbhum district superintendent of police Nagendra Nath Tripathi said that the eight women were passengers of the three-wheeler and the ninth victim was its driver. The women were returning home from a paddy field, he said.

Their bodies have been taken to Arambagh hospital, where a post-mortem would be conducted, the SP said.

The bus was on its way to Durgapur from Arambagh when the collision occurred.

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