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Bengal road mishap kills 8

| | May 12, 2016, at 04:45 pm
Kolkata/West Midnapore, May 12 (IBNS): A deadly road accident on Thursday killed eight people and left 22 others injured at Belpahari in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, reports said.

According to reports, a Belpahari-bound pick-up van, which was coming from Bandoan in Purulia district, lost its control and dashed against a tree beside the road  at Tamajhuri area under Belpahari Police Station. 

At least eight passengers were killed on the spot. Twenty-two others were rescued and admitted to Jhargram District Hospital with serious injuries.

 

 

 

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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