Jamshedpur/Giridih, Sep 26 (PTI) At least six persons died in two road accidents in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum and Giridih districts on Friday, police said.
The incidents occurred at Baharagora in East Singhbhum and Badkitand in Giridih.
A car travelling from Kolkata to Jamshedpur rammed into the rear of a heavy vehicle near Jharia More on National Highway-18 in East Singhbhum district in the early hours of Friday, killing three persons, Baharagora police station officer-in-charge Shankar Prasad Kushwaha told PTI.
“Their bodies were extricated from the mangled vehicle,” he said.
The deceased have been identified as the driver of the vehicle Ganesh Roy (50), a resident of Chakrabaria Road, Kolkata, and Kusumita Patnaik (55), a resident of Prathik Vihar, Kadma, Jamshedpur, and her daughter Monika (28).
The bodies were sent for post-mortem examination to Ghatshila Sub-Divisional Hospital.
Giridih SP Vimal Kumar told PTI that a passenger vehicle collided with a speeding truck near Badkitand forest along the Giridih-Dhanbad Main Road, leading to the death of three persons on the spot, and leaving six others injured.
The deceased were identified as Jagdish Bhokta, Nandkishore Bhokta and Kamal Bhokta – all residents of Mankadiha under Taratand police station area.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination at Giridih Sadar Hospital. PTI ANB NAM MNB
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