Indian women kabaddi players hurt in accident

Date:

spot_imgspot_img

Bathinda (Punjab): Two persons were killed and 14 members of the Indian women Kabaddi team were injured, 10 of them seriously, when a bus carrying the players collided with an Army truck at Cantonment road here today, police said.

Of the 14 players travelling in the bus, the condition of 10 was stated to be serious while four others escaped with minor injuries, they said. After the accident the bus caught fire.

The driver of the bus and a policeman escorting the team were killed in the mishap, which occurred at a place nearly 250 km from Chandigarh, they said.

Three policemen in the escort vehicle also suffered serious injuries. All of them have been hospitalised.

The kabaddi players were going towards Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s private residence at Badal village in Muktsar district from Ludhiana when the mishap occurred, police said.

The team members were participating in the on-going second Punjab World Cup Kabaddi tournament in the state. (PTI)

spot_imgspot_img

Related articles

Delhi poll panel begins prep for rollout of SIR in national capital

New Delhi, Sep 17: The voters of Delhi will have to present an identity proof if their names...

Most electorates may not have to give any document in SIR

New Delhi, Sep 17: More than half the electorate in most of the states may not have to...

SIT recovers skeletons near Banglegudda forest in Dharmasthala

Mangaluru (Karnataka), Sep 17: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Dharmasthala case has reportedly recovered skeletal remains...

Modi turns 75, launches campaign focusing on women and children

New Delhi, Sep 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 75 on Wednesday and keeping with his practice of...