7 killed, 4 injured as truck collied with bus in Haryana's Ambala

AMBALA:At least 7 people were killed and 4 others were injured in a collision between a truck and a bus in Haryana's Ambala district on Friday.

Police said,the incident occured on the Panchkula-Yamunanagar National Highway under Shahzadpur police station area. The injured persons were admitted to the nearest hospital.

Bir Bahan, SHO of Shahzadpur police station told that a trailer truck rammed into a bus moving ahead. Prima facie it appears that the truck driver dozed off and hit the bus." He said the accident was so severe that the trailer truck overturned in the opposite direction.

The drivers of both the vehicles are out of danger. He said that further investigation of the accident is on.

Most of the people aboard the bus were migrant laborers doing construction work. The casualties were pulled out of the bus with the help of passers-by.

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