Table-tennis queen injured

Table-tennis queen injured

NEW DELHI (AFP): India's former table-tennis champion Monalisa Barua and two other senior players were injured when their bus crashed in the northeastern state of Assam, The Press Trust of India reported yesterday.

It identified the other two as Tridip Duwara and Anupam Konwar and said three other members from Monalisa's squad were also hurt when their bus rammed a stationary truck late Friday in Assam's Nagaon district.

The newsagency did not give details of the extent of their injuries but said several of the 12 passengers hurt in the crash had been hospitalized in serious condition.