A bus rammed into a stationary truck amid fog in the district on Wednesday morning, leaving three police personnel dead and 13 others injured, police said.

The bus, carrying 30 policemen, was going from the Punjab Armed Police institution in Jalandhar to Gurdaspur when the accident took place at around 7 am in Mukerian, 54 km from Hoshiarpur.

Hoshiarpur Senior Superintendent of Police Surendra Lamba, who visited the accident site, said the deceased have been identified as Assistant Sub-inspector Hardev Singh, senior constable Gurpreet Singh, who was the bus driver, and woman constable Shalu Rana.

Their bodies have been kept in the mortuary of the Mukerian Civil Hospital.

The injured were admitted to civil hospitals in Dasuya and Mukerian.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expressed grief over the death of the cops, and announced a financial assistance of Rs 2 crore each to the families of the deceased.

In a statement in Chandigarh, Mann said it is unfortunate that these police personnel lost their lives in a road accident. This is a huge loss for the state in general and for the aggrieved families of the cops in particular, he said.

Out of the Rs 2 crore, Rs 1 crore will be given as ex-gratia by the state government whereas another payment of insurance cover worth Rs 1 crore will be made by the HDFC Bank, Mann added.

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