A bus and a car overturned near Phagwara on Jalandhar Ludhiana Highway after a collision with a tanker filled with LPG gas going from Laldu near Ambala towards Jammu. In this terrible accident, some of the around 50 passengers on board the bus suffered minor injuries. Along with this, the car going ahead also overturned due to the collision with the bus. All the people sitting in it also got trapped in the car in this accident. People took them out by breaking the glass. The car rider has suffered minor injuries in this accident.The car driver is a resident of Amritsar and is an ASI. The incident has been reported to Phagwara Police. After reaching the spot, the damaged vehicles are being shifted to the side and investigation is being done.
ASI said – the family was saved
ASI said that he was returning from Patiala to Amritsar to meet his brother when there was a massive collision from behind. Didn't realize when the car overturned. When I somehow came out, I saw that the bus was overturned on one side and there was a tanker behind it.If the bus had overturned on their car, the entire family would have been buried beneath. Somehow the children and wife were taken out.
The passengers were taken out of the bus and given water to drink.
Local people told that when the accident happened, there was sudden chaos. Hearing the screams, they ran towards the bus and pulled out the passengers from the bus. The entire bus was full of passengers. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured in this accident. The passengers have suffered minor injuries. Those who have been sent by another bus.The bus had applied brakes – tanker driver
Tanker driver Gurdev Singh, who was carrying a tanker filled with LPG gas from Laldu towards Jammu, said that he was not at fault in this accident. When the bus going ahead of them suddenly applied brakes, they tried to save themselves somehow. During this, his tanker collided with the bus and the bus overturned on one side. While he defended.
It will be investigated whose fault it is
The police officer who reached the spot said that no one was seriously injured in this accident. But the entire incident will be investigated to find out who is at fault. Appropriate action will be taken against him. Due to this accident there was jam on both sides. Which has been opened and vehicles are being removed from the road.