Eight people were killed and around 15 injured on Friday when a truck rammed into a bus near village Kakkar Majra in this district, police said.

The truck driver has been arrested by the police. (Representational Image)

By India Today News Desk: A truck rammed into a bus in Haryana’s Ambala leaving eight people dead and 15 injured on Friday near the village of Kakkar Majra in this district. The incident took place on the PanchkulaYamunanagar National Highway.

The truck driver has been arrested by the police.

The bus was on its way to Baddi in Himachal Pradesh from Bareilly.

Three passengers of the bus were getting off at Kakkar Majra when the truck rammed into it, police said.

The injured were admitted to civil hospitals in Ambala City and Naraingarh. Most of the occupants in the bus were migrant labourers engaged in construction work, police said.

The deceased and injured were pulled out of the bus with the help of passersby.