Sasaram, Aug 23 (PTI) A 39-year-old CRPF personnel was killed and four members of his family were injured after the auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling crashed into a roadside tree in Bihar’s Rohtas district, police said on Sunday.
The accident took place on Saturday near Nimiyadih-Terka under Tilouthu police station area of Rohtas.
“CRPF personnel Kanchan Kumar Thakur, along with his family members, was travelling in an auto-rickshaw from Tarachandi towards Maa Tutla Bhawani for darshan when the vehicle apparently lost balance and crashed into a tree,” Station House Officer (SHO) Shubham Kumar told PTI.
Thakur sustained critical injuries and died during treatment at Sadar Hospital in Sasaram, while his wife, child and two other family members were injured in the accident, he said.
The post-mortem examination of the body has been conducted, and the police have received a written complaint based on which an FIR will be lodged at the traffic police station, Kumar added.
“According to locals, the accident occurred after the autorickshaw driver tried to avert a collision with an SUV coming from the opposite direction. However, when police reached the scene, the SUV was not there,” he said.
Police are investigating the case, the SHO added. PTI SUK RG
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