Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Truck kills three wage workers, injures nine in North Dinajpur
Some workers in a place called North Dinajpur ride a truck every morning to get to their jobs at a market called Baliaparahaat.
One Friday morning, they arrived and started getting off the truck.
Suddenly, another truck, which was heading to Malda, lost control and crashed into their vehicle.
Three workers died because of the crash.
Their names were Chepo Barman, Aloka Barman, and Topo Mardi.
Two of them were women.
Nine other workers got hurt and were taken to hospitals for treatment.
Police came to help and took the injured people to a health centre and then to a bigger hospital.
Police found the truck that caused the accident, but the driver had run away.
The police are still looking for the driver.
A Malda-bound truck lost control and crashed into a vehicle carrying day-wage workers on NH12 in North Dinajpur on Friday morning.
Three workers died in the crash — Chepo Barman, 45, Aloka Barman, 46, and Topo Mardi, 37 — including two women.
Nine other workers were injured and are being treated at hospitals, with critically injured patients shifted to Raiganj Government Medical College & Hospital.
The accident occurred as the workers were getting down from their truck at Baliaparahaat, their work destination for the day.
Police have seized the truck involved, but the driver fled the scene after the collision and a search for him is underway.
- Who
- Three day-wage workers — Chepo Barman, 45, Aloka Barman, 46, and Topo Mardi, 37 — were killed and nine others were injured; the driver of the Malda-bound truck fled the scene.
- What
- A Malda-bound truck lost control and crashed into the workers' vehicle on NH12, killing three workers and injuring nine.
- When
- Friday morning.
- Where
- NH12 in North Dinajpur district, near Baliaparahaat in the Durgapur panchayat area of Itahar block.
- Why
- The truck lost control and crashed into the workers' vehicle as the workers were getting down at their destination, Baliaparahaat.
- Fatalities
- 3 (Chepo Barman, 45; Aloka Barman, 46; Topo Mardi, 37)
- Injured
- 9 workers
- Location
- NH12, North Dinajpur district
- Crash site
- Baliaparahaat, Durgapur panchayat area of Itahar block
- Cause
- Malda-bound truck lost control and hit the workers' vehicle
- Hospitals
- Itahar block health centre; Raiganj Government Medical College & Hospital
- Police action
- Truck seized; driver at large and search underway