kolkata three people died and nine others were injured in an accident that took place on the stretch between bagnan and uluberia on nh16 on tuesday a car travelling with three traders towards kolkata collided with an sbstc bus headed towards kolaghat on its way to digha cops said the deceased who were in the car were identified as dipak pandit of chandrakona pritam chakraborty of midnapore and sanjit mahata of lalgarh in jhargram the injured bus passengers along with the dead were shifted to bagnan rural hospital both the vehicles were seized cops saidthe accident caused traffic disruption for around an hour the bus had reached near iswaripur when a hyundai creta crossed over the median divider it probably developed some mechanical fault and collided with the sbstc bus the car passengers died instantly as the front wheels of the bus climbed on the car on impact said sp rural swati bhangalia