Punjab tragedy: Three killed, several injured as PRTC bus rams into flyover, overturns near CM Mann's residence in Sangrur
PTC News Desk: A PRTC bus travelling to Chandigarh from Sangrur overturned after crashing into the corner of an overbridge near the Bathinda–Chandigarh National Highway in Punjab's Sangrur district. Three passengers died on the spot, while 26 others were injured. Of them, 15 are said to be in critical condition.
The injured were referred to Patiala's Rajindra Hospital for better treatment, while the remaining passengers are being treated at the local civil hospital.
According to information, the bus left Sangrur for Chandigarh at around 4.30 am. The accident took place shortly afterwards near an overbridge close to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's residence. The bus veered off the road and plunged into bushes.
Eyewitnesses said the bus was coming from the Dhuri side when it suddenly hit one corner of the overbridge. The driver then lost control, causing the vehicle to leave the paved road, enter a dirt track and crash into trees. The impact was so severe that the front and rear windshields of the bus were completely shattered.
A woman passenger undergoing treatment at the hospital said, "We did not even realise what the bus had hit. Suddenly, the bus jerked two or three times." Several passengers sustained serious injuries in the accident.
- PTC NEWS
