Eighteen persons were injured in a pile-up involving three vehicles on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road, police said today. Another bus was also involved in the collision, they said. A heavy machine had to be pressed into service for removing the entangled vehicles and restoring traffic, which was disrupted for a while after the accident. Bus driver Rupinder Singh of Malerkotla, conductor Harpreet Singh of Lehragaga and truck driver Surinder Singh of Kapurthala were among the injured.They were admitted to a local hospital. The driver of another truck escaped unhurt.

Source: dna December 06, 2017 10:47 UTC