The death toll in the Saturday’s minibus mishap in Howrah rose to 12, with two of the injured, including a six-month-old baby, succumbing to their injuries.
Nine persons were killed on the spot when a minibus plying on the Sankrail-Howrah route skidded off the Bankim Setu to crash down on the tracks of Howrah station on Saturday.
A family in Entally lost three of its members — Pradip Das (27), his 22-year-old wife Suparna and six-month-old daughter Pooja. The bodies were handed over to the family after post-mortem. Pradip’s mother Rajani said that the three were returning from Andul in Howrah district after attending a wedding.