One person was killed and 42 others injured today when a bus carrying members of a wedding party collided with a truck at Sheikhpura town under Bihar's Sheikhpura district.
 
Kapil Dev Prasad, 40, a member of the wedding party, died on the spot and 42 others including the newly-wed couple sustained injuries, the police said.
 
The incident took place as the drivers of the two speeding vehicles failed to apply brakes in time, sources said.
 
The injured were admitted to Sadar hospital where the attending doctors referred three of the critically injured persons to Patna Medical College, the police said.