Praful Chander Nagpal
Fazilka, May 10
As many as 3 teenage passengers, including two girls, were killed as the speeding mini bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and turned turtle into the agriculture fields near Mannewala village on the outskirts of Jalalabad town of Fazilka district at 8.45 am on Tuesday. A per preliminary reports, over 30 persons have also been injured in the mishap.
Fazilka SSP Bhupinder Singh Sidhu has confirmed the death of three persons. Sources said the overcrowded mini bus carrying more than 70 passengers against the capacity of 25 was coming from Roranwali Mandi to Jalalabad. As it reached near Mannewala village, the driver lost control over the bus and fell into the agriculture fields.
The deceased have been identified as Navjot Kaur (19), Sunita Rani (17) and Krishan Singh (17), all residents of Katianwali village. The three had got on to the ill-fated bus only 2 kilometers before the site of accident.
The injured have been shifted to Jalalabad civil hospital and some of the seriously injured have been shifted to Medical College, Faridkot. Sources said nearly 10 persons who had sustained minor injuries have been discharged after being administered first aid by the hospital staff.
Three teenagers killed as bus skids off road in Jalalabad, over 30 injured
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