Siliguri, 19th January: An incident of road mishap surfaced where a truck laden with cement hit a school bus at Ashighar More in Siliguri. Consequently, several students sustained injuries.
According to reports, on Friday afternoon, the bus with students of an English Medium School was returning after classes and was heading towards Ghogomali via Eastern Bypass Aashighar More. During this, a cement-laden truck, plying from NJP’s direction, hit the bus. As a result, several students suffered minor injuries. Later, the students were transported by another bus.
After the incident, the owner of the bus lodged a written complaint at the Ashighar Outpost which prompted the police to detain the driver of the truck.