West Bengal: Car crashes into truck, 4 killed
According to reports, a Digha to Kolkata bound Tata Indica car crashed into a lorry, which was parked beside NH 116-B, at around 5 am. in the morning and it was mangled due to the mishap.
Locals and police from Marishda Police Station rushed to the spot and had started rescue operation.
After being rescued, four passengers of the car and its driver Shambhu Das were taken to Contai Sub-Divisional Hospital, where four of them, including the driver, were declared brought dead.
Police officials said that low visibility due to heavy fog might have led to the accident, while alcohol was reportedly found in all five on board's blood.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha, Representational image from archive)
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