Patna Highway Accident: The victims had been residents of the Nalanda district and had been getting back from Fatwah after taking a dip within the Ganga River, mentioned the Bihar Police.
No less than eight individuals misplaced their lives after a tempo collided with a truck close to a manufacturing unit within the Shahjahanpur Police Station space in Bihar’s Patna, mentioned the police on Saturday. The accident left 4 others significantly injured as nicely, they usually have been admitted to a hospital.
The victims, the Bihar Police mentioned, had been residents of the Nalanda district and had been getting back from Fatwah after taking a dip within the Ganga River.
In response to the police, the truck was overspeeding and collided with the tempo after the motive force misplaced management. The top-on collision was so extreme that the tempo was shattered into items.
Following the accident, the motive force fled from the spot, mentioned the police, including that it has registered a case.
The same incident was reported earlier this month after a bus rammed right into a truck parked on the roadside in West Bengal’s Burdwan city on August 15, leaving ten pilgrims from Bihar lifeless. The accident additionally left 35 others injured.
The pilgrims, hailing from Motihari in East Champaran district, had been returning house after visiting Gangasagar in South 24 Parganas district when the bus during which they had been travelling met with an accident on Nationwide Freeway 19 close to Phaguipur in Purba Bardhaman district.
Following the accident, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh every for the subsequent of kin of the deceased.