2 killed, 40 injured in bus-oil tanker collision

Two persons were killed and 40 others were injured when a bus collided with an oil tanker on NH-6 in Jhargram district of West Bengal today.

The accident took place at Balibhasa on NH-6 when the bus travelling from Jamshedpur to Kolkata dashed against an oil tanker coming from the opposite direction at 5.30 AM, a police official said.

The oil tanker caught fire due to the impact of the accident.

The injured were admitted to the Jhargram district hospital.