Three persons were killed and nine others injured in a head-on collision between a state-run bus and a car in West Bengal's Howrah district on Tuesday morning.
The accident happened on National Highway 16 in Ishwaripur in Bagnan police station area, said the police.
The impact of the accident was such that the front part of the car, including its bonnet, turned into a pile of metal. Parts of the car had to be sliced up with a gas-cutter to take the bodies out.
The identities of the deceased were not known yet.
“The bus was heading towards Kolkata, while the car was going towards Digha in Purba Medinipur when the accident happened,” said the police.
Nine passengers of the bus were injured, and of them, five people were admitted to the Bagnan hospital while the rest were discharged after first aid.
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