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Six killed as speeding bus falls on its side

16 June,2018 04:49 PM IST | Midnapore | PTI

Nearly 50 tribal people hired a bus from Pirakata under Salbani police station area to visit a fair at Silda in the same district

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Six persons were killed and over 20 others injured after a speeding bus fell on its side in West Midnapore district on Saturday, the police said.

Nearly 50 tribal people hired a bus from Pirakata under Salbani police station area to visit a fair at Silda in the same district.

The accident occurred near Jhitka when the driver lost control of the bus while negotiating a turn and it fell on its
side killing six persons, police said.

The injured people were being brought to the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital here.

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