Archive · 15 Aug 2025
Bus Crash in West Bengal Kills 10 Pilgrims, Injures 35
A bus full of people from Bihar, who were coming back from a religious trip, hit a truck that was stopped on the side of the road in West Bengal, India.
Sadly, 10 people died, and 35 others were hurt.
The accident happened on Friday on a big road.
The people on the bus were pilgrims, and the government of Bihar is helping those who were hurt and the families of those who died.
A bus carrying pilgrims from Bihar crashed into a parked truck in Burdwan, West Bengal.
The accident occurred on NH-19 near Phaguipur on Friday.
Ten pilgrims died, and 35 others were injured in the collision.
The pilgrims were returning from Gangasagar.
Bihar's CM announced compensation for the deceased and injured.
- Who
- Ten pilgrims died and 35 others were injured.
- What
- A passenger bus crashed into a parked truck.
- When
- Friday
- Where
- NH-19 near Phaguipur, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India
- Why
- The cause of the accident is not explicitly stated in the article.
- Fatalities
- 10
- Injured
- 35
- Location
- Burdwan, West Bengal, India
- Date
- Friday
- Highway
- NH-19
- Victims
- Pilgrims from Bihar
- Origin of Pilgrimage
- Motihari, Bihar
- Destination of Pilgrimage
- Gangasagar
