2 killed, dozens injured as bus collides with truck in Bihar

As many as two persons were killed and dozens injured when a bus, carrying around 45 passengers, collided with a truck in Bihar's Katihar district on Wednesday. The bus was going to Siliguri from Muzaffarpur via Katihar.

Katihar (Bihar): Two persons were killed and dozens injured when a bus collided with a truck in Bihar's Katihar district on Wednesday.

The incident happened on NH-31 near Dumar village when the bus, carrying around 45 passengers, was going to Siliguri from Muzaffarpur via Katihar.

According to sources the driver and conductor of the bus died on the spot and the injured were taken to the nearest hospital.

Talking about the accident one of the passengers said, "The driver was driving in a very rash manner. The conductor even told him to drive slow but he didn't listen him and continued driving in the same way."

It is to be noted that the collision was so massive that the front portion of the bus was badly damaged.