18 injured in pile-up

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Press Trust of India Phagwara
Last Updated : Dec 06 2017 | 12:15 PM IST
Eighteen persons were injured in a pile-up involving three vehicles on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road, police said today.
A Sangrur-bound state transport bus coming from Mata Chintpurni shrine in Himachal Pradesh and a truck going towards Hoshiarpur were involved in a head-on collision near village Khurampur, 6 kms from here, yesterday evening.
Another buswas also involved in the collision, they said.
A heavy machine had to be pressed into service for removing the entangled vehicles and restoring traffic, which was disrupted for a while after the accident.
Bus driver Rupinder Singh of Malerkotla, conductor Harpreet Singh of Lehragaga and truck driver Surinder Singh of Kapurthala were among the injured.They were admitted to a local hospital.
The driver of another truck escaped unhurt.
Bus passengers with serious injuries have been hospitalised.

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First Published: Dec 06 2017 | 12:15 PM IST

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