An old woman died and 14 passengers sustained injuries in a head-on collision between two buses of Punjab Roadways at Kurali-Chandigarh Road in Mohali on Monday morning.
The deceased lady was not identified as no proof of her identity was found from her possession but police said that the lady may be a resident of Chandigarh as she was traveling in the bus from Chandigarh towards Jalandhar.
The incident took place at Kurali, when the two buses rammed head-on into one another at around 9:15 am. Eye witnesses claimed that the driver of the bus was driving in a rash manner, which led to the collision.
Sources in the police said that one bus of Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) was heading towards Jalandhar from Chandigarh while the other bus of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was on its way from Nawanshaher to Chandigarh. The buses had more than 40 passengers when they lost control and collided head-on.
The onlookers rushed to their rescue and also informed local police about the incident. The police teams rushed the injured persons to civil hospital of Phase-6 and four of them were referred to Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH) at Sector-16, Chandigarh. A lady passenger was declared bough dead by the doctors on duty, said Harpal Singh, SHO, PS-Kurali City.
Drivers of both buses, Pargat Singh and Banjit Kumar, also sustained serious injuries in the incident and were admitted to GMSH.
Pargat Singh, driver of PEPSU bus, has been booked on the statement of passengers and a case of negligent driving was registered against him, added the SHO.