Bus overturns in Kangra, two toddlers killed

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Press Trust of India Dharamshala
Last Updated : Apr 04 2017 | 9:07 PM IST
Two toddlers were killed and 30 others injured today when a tourist bus overturned at Ranital, about 35-kms from here, police said.
The accident happened this afternoon on Dharamshala- Chandigarh national highway in which two-year-old Gopal, son of Kalicharan and resident of Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh and one year-old Suryashi, daughter of Ravi Kumar and resident of Agra were killed, a senior police official said.
30 people were also injured in the accident, and rushed to a hospital where most of them are said to be out of danger.
Police suspect that the bus overturned due to negligence or rash driving by the driver.
"The bus overturned possibly due to the driver could not negotiate the hill track or was driving rashly," Suprindent of Police Kangra S Gandhi said, adding a case was registered against the driver.

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First Published: Apr 04 2017 | 9:07 PM IST

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