Tragic Road Accident takes away many Lives
December 26, 2006
Sirsa (SIRSA NEWS)
December 26, 2006
Sirsa (SIRSA NEWS)
At least seven persons were killed while more than a dozen persons sustained injuries in a head-on bus-truck collision on the Sunam-Bhawanigarh road near Sajuma village, about 12 km from here, this morning.
Five persons were killed on the spot while two are reported to have succumbed to their injuries in hospitals at Patiala & Sunam.
Few of the injured are under treatment at the Rajindra Hospital and others at the Primary Health Centre, Bhawanigarh. The PRTC bus of the Budhlada Depot was on its way to Chandigarh from SIRSA while the truck was heading to Sunam from Patiala when the mishap took place at around 7.30 am.
Teachers and Staff of the St. Xavier’s School, Sirsa, were going to Chandigarh for a tour to Shimla, and were travelling in the ill fated bus.
The names of the deceased are Father Alex Desouza (32), assistant principal; Ms. Swella Fernades (24), a teacher; Mr. Mohit (16), a student of B. Com, his father works in State Bank Of India Sirsa branch, and his mother works in LIC; Makhan Singh, driver of the bus; Mr. Shiv Dayal, driver of the truck; Mr. Sukhdev Singh of Sadhuwala village near Sardulgrah (Distt. Mansa); and Mr. Ashok Kumar of Rajpura.
Among the injured from Sirsa are Syle Fernades, Sandra Fernades and Joseph, who are teaching at the St. Xavier’s School Sirsa. Lately the St. Xaviers teachers have been brought to Hisar for further treatment & orthopedic surgery. One Mr. Vinod Sharma of Sirsa is also stated to have sustained injuries.
The Sunam police registered a case under Sections 304-A, 237 and 238 of the IPC.
Bodies of Fr. Desouza and Ms. Fernades were taken to Goa for burial.
The postmortem examination of the deceased, except Mohit, was conducted at the local Civil Hospital.
One of the eyewitnesses & survivor Mr. Aman Sidhu of Sirsa traveling in the ill-fated said that his life was saved miraculously as even minutes before the mishap he was sitting in the front row and got up and moved towards the rear and was almost in the middle of the bus when the mishap occurred.
A grant of Rs 50,000 each was announced for dependants of the deceased from the chief minister’s relief fund.
The district Red Cross Society would bear expenses for the treatment of the injured.
The PRTC would pay Rs 50,000 each as grant to dependants of the deceased.
Five persons were killed on the spot while two are reported to have succumbed to their injuries in hospitals at Patiala & Sunam.
Few of the injured are under treatment at the Rajindra Hospital and others at the Primary Health Centre, Bhawanigarh. The PRTC bus of the Budhlada Depot was on its way to Chandigarh from SIRSA while the truck was heading to Sunam from Patiala when the mishap took place at around 7.30 am.
Teachers and Staff of the St. Xavier’s School, Sirsa, were going to Chandigarh for a tour to Shimla, and were travelling in the ill fated bus.
The names of the deceased are Father Alex Desouza (32), assistant principal; Ms. Swella Fernades (24), a teacher; Mr. Mohit (16), a student of B. Com, his father works in State Bank Of India Sirsa branch, and his mother works in LIC; Makhan Singh, driver of the bus; Mr. Shiv Dayal, driver of the truck; Mr. Sukhdev Singh of Sadhuwala village near Sardulgrah (Distt. Mansa); and Mr. Ashok Kumar of Rajpura.
Among the injured from Sirsa are Syle Fernades, Sandra Fernades and Joseph, who are teaching at the St. Xavier’s School Sirsa. Lately the St. Xaviers teachers have been brought to Hisar for further treatment & orthopedic surgery. One Mr. Vinod Sharma of Sirsa is also stated to have sustained injuries.
The Sunam police registered a case under Sections 304-A, 237 and 238 of the IPC.
Bodies of Fr. Desouza and Ms. Fernades were taken to Goa for burial.
The postmortem examination of the deceased, except Mohit, was conducted at the local Civil Hospital.
One of the eyewitnesses & survivor Mr. Aman Sidhu of Sirsa traveling in the ill-fated said that his life was saved miraculously as even minutes before the mishap he was sitting in the front row and got up and moved towards the rear and was almost in the middle of the bus when the mishap occurred.
A grant of Rs 50,000 each was announced for dependants of the deceased from the chief minister’s relief fund.
The district Red Cross Society would bear expenses for the treatment of the injured.
The PRTC would pay Rs 50,000 each as grant to dependants of the deceased.
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