66 people injured in road accidents in HP

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Mandi, May 1 (UNI) Sixty six people were injured in three different road incidents in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh during the last 24 hrs, police sources today said.

Lalit Pathaina, a senior district leader of the BJP, who was strolling in front of his residence was injured after he was hit by a speeding scooter.

The sources said the injured leader was admitted to Sundernagar Civil Hospital from where he has been referred to PGI Chandigarh.

In another incident in the district, 32 people were injured, two of them seriously, after a collision between two private buses at Gutkar, near here, last evening, they said.

The sources said the injured people have been admitted to a nearby private hospital and Regional Hospital.

The driver of the bus, who was also seriously injured in the accident, has been referred to Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital (IGMC) at Shimla.

Passengers and witnesses said both the drives of both the buses were racing and that led to the accident.

In the third incident, 33 people were injured after an Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus crashed into a hill near Sidhkothi in the district, the sources said.

Some of the injured were sent home after first aid, while a few others were undergoing treatment at PHC Ratti, they added.

UNI

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