Reckless driving by a truck driver kills the helper of the same truck. The accident occured at Kanksa, the truck was on the National Highway -2 and the driver lost the control of the truck and crashed the truck into a government bus. The truck was being drove at high speed. The driver was injured but the helper of the truck died on spot.
In another accident a bus being drove at high speed tried to overtake another bus from behind but it ended up colliding head on with a truck comming from opposite side. After colliding the truck felled into a canal and the bus crashed into a nearby tree. In this accident many people were injured and four passenger of the bus were killed on spot while another died on the way to hospital. This accident occured at Panskura.
Both the incident occured in West Bengal and in a single day. Reckless driving by the drivers of the trucks and buses claimed six lives.