12 killed in Howrah road accident

Kolkata, Dec 14: Twelve people were killed and 15 others injured when a tourist bus collided with a lorry on National Highway 6 near Mahisrekha Bridge in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Sunday evening.

“Some of the injured are in a critical condition,” H. K. Kusumakar, Howrah Superintendent of Police, told.

The accident occurred when the lorry moving on the wrong flank of the highway collided with the Gadiara-bound bus, he said.

–Agencies