BSF sepoy killed, 14 injured in road accident

A Border Security Force (BSF) sepoy was killed and 14 other jawans were injured when their vehicle was hit by a bus at Ajnala town near here on Monday, police said. After the passenger bus rammed into the canter carrying 15 BSF jawans, it hit a roadside tree and overturned, they said.

After the incident, police said, people from nearby villages reached the spot and helped the jawans to come out from the overturned canter. A BSF rescue team also arrived at the accident site and shifted the injured jawans to a hospital, they said.

A sepoy, identified as Girwar Singh, a resident of Rajasthan, died during treatment, police said. The condition of two other jawans -- S R Reddy and Mithun Kumar -- was said to be serious, they said.

"The private overloaded bus was moving at a high speed and was being driven in a rash and negligent manner.  After the accident the driver of the bus fled the spot," police said.