10 injured after bus collides with pick-up jeep in Punjab’s Dharamkot

At least 10 people were injured when a bus collided with a pick-up jeep at Dharamkot in Moga district on Friday, police said.

The accident occurred near Kamal village when the state transport bus was on its way from Jalandhar to Moga.

According to a police officer, the bus jumped a divider from the main road and collided with the pick-up jeep before rolling down a few feet on the roadside.

Four passengers and the pick-up jeep’s driver were seriously injured in the accident.

The driver and conductor of the bus fled the spot after the accident.

Police pulled out the passengers from the bus with the help of local residents and passers-by.

The injured were taken to a nearby hospital.

The statements of the bus passengers were being recorded to ascertain the sequence of events leading to the accident.

A case was registered.