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Twenty die, several hurt in India accident

Monday, December 14, 2009 NEW DELHI: Twenty people died and several others were injured in a high-speed collision between a bus and a truck in Uluberia in India's eastern West Bengal in the wee hours of Sunday.The accident took place when a truck collided head-on with a bus, with fifty passengers on the National Highway-6. Eight people died on the spot. The injured were rushed to Uluberia General Hospital, out of which 12 succumbed to their injuries.Federal Railway minister and Chief of regional Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee and her colleague, Minister of state for shipping Mukul Rai rushed to the spot immediately."In this region, there is no concern for the humans. In this hospital, doctors, nurses or medicinal facilities are not available. Many injured passengers died due to lack of proper treatment. In this situation, only thing that can be done is setting up of camps outside the hospital. We have informed the authorities to do the needful for injured. This is a crime where a truck collided with a bus due to which so many people have died. There is no law and order in this region. The state government has no respect for the humans," said Mukul Rai, Minister of State for Shipping.The passengers in the bus were travelling from Howrah to Gadiara. The bus was on the Mahishrekha bridge when the truck came from the opposite direction and bumped into the bus.The locals of Uluberia started the rescue operations after they came to know about the accident. They pulled out the injured passengers and took them to the hospital.
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