Bus collides on Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba, 3 killed and 17 injured

A major bus accident happened in Jammu and Kashmir today. The accident took place on the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba. It is being told that three people were killed in the collision of two buses on the national highway and at least 17 people are said to be injured in this accident. All the injured have been admitted to the hospital. A few days ago, an SUV collided with a bus in Betul, Madhya Pradesh. 11 people died in this accident.

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The bus accident has happened in Samba area of ​​Jammu and Kashmir. So far 3 people have been reported dead and 17 people are said to be injured in the collision of two buses on the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba. After the accident, medical officer Dr Bharat Bhushan said, "17 people, including a 13-year-old girl, are injured. 3 have died and at least 7 have been sent to other hospitals as they have sustained multiple injuries."

Last week only 11 people lost their lives in a similar accident. On November 4, 11 people, including two children, were killed when an SUV car rammed into an empty bus at Jhallar in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh. Betul Police Control Room Assistant Sub-Inspector Shivraj Singh Thakur had told that the accident took place on Bhainsdehi Road, about 36 km from the district headquarters. "Six men, three women, a five-year-old girl and a child died on the spot in the accident that took place late at around 2 am," he said. The bodies had to be removed from the damaged SUV with the help of gas cutters.