West Bengal accident News

Purulia, West Bengal: Nine Jharkhand residents returning from a wedding were killed in a head-on collision with a truck on NH-18. Get details on the horrific accident, rescue efforts, and police investigation.  

A fire incident was reported in the Haldia Refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation in West Bengal on December 21, 2021. At least three people were killed and 44 were injured in the fire incident. The IOC said that the incident occurred at the unit of the refinery during shutdown-related works. As per the IOC statement, the primary cause seems to be a flash fire leading to burn injuries to 44 persons. Out of the 44 injured, 37 have been shifted to Kolkata for further treatment. The condition of seven of them is reportedly critical.

Several people went missing on Monday when a vessel carrying many trucks drowned in Malda district of West Bengal. Those who knew how to swim came to the banks, but several drivers and helpers are missing.

Armed Battalion Commandant Deboshree Chatterjee, her bodyguard Tapas Burman, and driver Manoj Saha were killed on the spot. She was the first woman officer-in-charge posted in Kolkata Police. She took over as the officer-in-charge of North Port police station in 2010. During her 32-year-long service, Chatterjee headed the Cyber Cell and Women Grievance Cell in the Detective Department of Kolkata Police and was commended for her work.

In a tragic incident in West Bengal, five children died on Wednesday after falling into a pit in Lalgola area of Murshidabad district. According to the locals, the five children were all aged between 5-10 years. They were playing near a brick kiln when they fell into a pit.

Bera is a sixth-grade student of Nauda Nayanchandra Vidyapeeth School located in Bhawanipur village of Bagnan police station area of ​​Howrah.

So far, vehicular movement on the Kona Expressway has been temporarily suspended till the road is cleared.