3 killed in Bengal after truck rams into ambulance

Kolkata Dec 8 (IANS) Three persons including two women died while another woman was severely injured as a speeding truck rammed into an ambulance in West Bengal s Murshidabad district on Friday police said.

The accident took place on National Highway 34 in Murshidabad district s Raghunathgunj.

"The driver and two nurses died in the accident as the ambulance caught fire after colliding with the truck " a senior official said.

Police said the ambulance belonged to a private hospital in the district.

Following the accident traffic was temporarily affected.

"The truck driver fled from the spot after the accident. We have seized the truck " the officer said.

"No complaint has been lodged yet by anybody. We have shifted the deceased and the injured to the hospital " he added.

--IANS
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