Summary:
BALURGHAT: Around 42 people travelling in a pick-up van got injured when it collided head-on with a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction at Fulbari, approximately 38 km from here on National Highway 512 on Tuesday. Police reached the spot after being intimated by the locals and sent the injured passengers to both Balurghat and Gangarampur Sub-Divisional Hospitals. Immediately after the accident, locals started rescue operation and informed police. The truck driver remains absconding, police said. According to eye witnesses, the accident was the van driver's fault as he took the vehicle to the wrong direction on the highway, while trying to overtake another vehicle..