Kol tourist injured in Siliguri accident

TNN | Mar 19, 2021, Siliguri: A 38-year-old woman from Kolkata sustained serious injuries after the vehicle in which she was travelling from Sikkim to Siliguri met with a freak accident. She has been admitted to a private hospital for surgery.

Rama Das, the victim, was among a group of 40 travelling in five vehicles to New Jalpaiguri station to board a Kolkata-bound train on Thursday.

According to driver Sagar Pradhan, a mini-truck loaded with bamboo poles took a sudden turn near Siliguri. Das, who was sitting in the rear, was hit by a bamboo pole in the groin and critically injured.

“Das is undergoing an operation. Other passengers in the vehicle have left. We are interrogating the driver,” said a police officer.