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Eight picnickers dead, seven injured in Bengal road accident
Eight persons returning after a day-long picnic were killed and seven others were injured when their pick-up van collided head on with a truck in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Sunday
Updated on: Jan 15, 2017, 22:30:09 IST
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Eight persons returning after a day-long picnic were killed and seven others were injured when their pick-up van collided head on with a truck in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred around 5.30 p.m. at Jugpur Bazar on National Highway 34.
The injured have been admitted in a local hospital.
Four of the injured were in serious condition, said Nakashipara police station officer-in-charge Mukul Mia.
The victims were returning after a picnic party at Bethuadahari.
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