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Report Writing
Write a report (in about 100 words) for a newspaper on a road accident using the information
given below:
[Date and time-ocation—cause of the accident-persons injured-rescue work-blockade by local
people-arrival of the police-normalcy restored.]
[ Madhyamik Examination—2006]
Answers
Answer:
Killed, 15 Injured in Dakshin Dinajpur Road Accident
Seven people were killed and fifteen others seriously injured in a bus accident in Dakshin Dinajpur on May 3, 2018 at 12:45 p.m. The state owned bus collided with a truck parked mistakenly on the side of the road. The speeding bus was trying to overtake another bus from the wrong side and owing to poor visibility the driver failed to see the park truck. 5 people died on the spot whereas two others succumbed to injuries in the hospital.
The deceased have been identified as Mukesh Banerji, Satya Roy, Mhd. Abbas, and Abhishek Chaterji, and Sudharshan from Dakshin Dinajpur; Pankaj and Subroto from Dhanbad. The injured have been hospitalized in the nearby hospitals. The police have registered a case negligent driving against the absconding truck driver. The state transport minister has announced compensation of rupees 200000/- to the families of deceased ones and rupees 50000/- to the families of injured ones.