Kolkata, Mar 2 (PTI) Three persons were killed and five injured when an ambulance collided with a truck in West Bengal's Nadia district on Sunday morning, police said.

The truck, heading towards Krishnanagar, collided head-on with the ambulance at Bara Jaguli on NH 12, police added.

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The ambulance, coming from Pakur in Jharkhand, had eight people on board, including the driver.

The injured were taken to JNM Hospital in Kalyani, where the on-duty physician declared three of them dead on arrival. The deceased included two women, police said.

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The truck's driver and helper fled the scene.

The victims were identified as Naharmal (50), Mantahur Bibi (32), and Sk. Antarul (23), police said.

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