Three killed as bus hits train
June 18th, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANSHoshiarpur (Punjab), June 18 (IANS) Three people were killed Friday when a mini bus rammed into a train at an unmanned railway crossing in Tanda town here in Punjab, police said.
The accident involving the Jammu-Hemgiri Express took place around 9 a.m., police officer Gurnam Singh told reporters. Hoshiarpur is some 130 km from Chandigarh.
Over a dozen people have lost their lives at unmanned rail crossings in Punjab in the last one year.
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