Six persons were killed and three injured in a tragic road accident in Bhagalpur.
Patna April 30: Six persons were killed and three others critically injured after an uncontrolled dumper (HIWA) laden with stone chips fell on the Scorpio at Amapur village under Ghogha police outpost on Bhagalpur-Kahalgaon NH 80 late on Monday night.
The accident occurred around 11.30 pm and the victims were trapped under the HIWA and stone chips for over an hour. The three injured persons were admitted to JLN Medical College and Hospital Bhagalpur at 1.30 am on Tuesday.
Following the accident, a team of Ghogha police outpost reached the spot and initiated the rescue operation. According to an official, six persons including two children died on the spot. The impact of the accident was such that the SUV was completely mangled.
“We have used an earth mover machine (JCB) to remove the debris and rescue the injured persons. They were admitted to Bhagalpur Medical College and Hospital. The dead bodies were also recovered and sent for the postmortem,” he said.
The victims were on the way to attend a wedding ceremony in Khidmatpur village under Pirpaiti block. They were coming from Haveli Kharagpur block in Munger district. When they reached Amapur village, the driver of a speeding HIWA lost control of the vehicle and fell on the Scorpo coming from the opposite direction. HIWA belongs to a private construction company and was coming from the Kahalgaon side.
Kailash Das, one of the survivors said: “We were trapped inside the debris for over an hour and were unable to breathe. It was not known who was alive and who was not. Then I became unconscious. When I regained consciousness, I found myself in the hospital.”
EOM