30 hurt as bus rams truck

MALAPPURAM: Thirty passengers of a KSRTC Super-Fast bus were injured when it rammed behind a container truck at Venniyoor on the National Highway 17 on Monday. The bus, heading from Kottayam for Kozhikode, suffered heavy damage. The injured were admitted to the Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, and a private hospital at Kottakkal. Local people led the rescue work as the late-night accident left all the passengers in shock.