Kolkata, Aug 19 (IBNS): One person was killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision between a private car and a public bus near Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area on Sunday afternoon, reports said.
According to reports, a Kidderpore to Esplanade bound private bus (route- 12B) and a Maruti Omni-E car, which was coming from opposite direction, crashed into each other head-on at the crossing of Mayo Road (Guru Nanak Sarani) and Dufferin Road near Kolkata Press Club under Maidan Police Station limits in central part of the city at around 2:15 pm.
Four passengers and the driver of the car were seriously injured in the crash and they were rushed to SSKM hospital where the driver of the vehicle, who has been identified as Pappu, was declared brought dead.
Police said that four students of Rabindra Bharati University (RBU)'s post graduation (MA) department, Rajasree Pal, Susmita Jana, Rakhi Manna and Sanchita Karmakar, were returning home in Amta in Howrah district of West Bengal after attending an examination at Jaipuria College in north Kolkata's Shobhabazar area when the mishap happened.
According to hospital reports, injuries of the four students are not life-threatening and their health conditions are stable.
Local police have seized the bus and begun a probe into the mishap while driver and conductor of the vehicle are absconding.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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