19 injured in city mishap

Atleast 19 persons including
three children were injured in a mishap involving two buses and a taxi in the southern parts of the city this morning, police said.
The mishap occured at around 11.50 AM on the Diamond Harbour Road in the Ekbalpore area when driver of a private bus suddenly applied break resulting a state-owned bus coming from behind hiting it on the back side, a senior official of Kolkata Traffic Police said.
The private bus, of route no 17 then hit a private car moving ahead of it which then collided with a taxi, the official added.
A total of 19 persons, including traffic constable of South-West Traffic guard Sibu Barman, were injured, he said.

All of them, excepting Barman were released from hospital after initial medical treatment and the driver of the private bus Rajibul Haque has been arrested, the officer said.