Van overturns killing five fishermen in Bengal

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 20:19 [IST]

Kolkata, Mar 10 (UNI) At least five people were killed on the spot and 36 others injured when a Kolkata bound van overturned at Namkhana in South 24 Parganas district this morning.

Official sources here said the overloaded four-wheeler carrying fishermen from nearby areas to Kolkata met with an accident when the driver tryied to overtake another vehicle and subsequenly overturned on the highway killing five men on the spot.

The local people took the injured to a nearby hospital where the condition of at least six men was stated to be critical.

Efforts were on to bring the seriously injured to Kolkata for better treatment.

UNI

Topics: ACCIDENT-BENGAL-DEAD

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