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Bidar: Bus stand's roof collapses; 4 killed

September 18, 2009 16:41 IST
Four persons were killed and 21 injured after the roof of an old bus stand in Bhalki town in Bidar district of Karnataka [ Images ] collapsed on Friday, the police said.

Two women, both aged 35, an eight-year-old boy, and a 21-year-old man died in the incident. The condition of three of the injured, admitted to the civil hospital in Bidar, is stated to be serious, and the other 18 are being treated in the Bhalki civil hospital, police said.

The bus stand was very old and its roof collapsed all of a sudden at around 11.45 am, they said.

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