Bihar: 4 killed, 3 injured in road accident
Hajipur,
Dec
18:
At
least
four
persons
were
killed
and
three
seriously
injured
today
when
a
speeding
truck
rammed
into
a
roadside
tea
stall
near
Gandhi
Setu
here.
Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) Mannu Maharaj said a loaded truck was on the way from Patna to Hajipur when the driver lost control over the vehicle and hit the roadside tea stall, killing four persons on the spot and injuring three others.
The injured were rushed to a local hospital where the condition of two of them was stated to be critical.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem and the truck driver was arrested, the SP said.
Meanwhile, angered by the incident, an irate mob disrupted the traffic on Gandhi Setu for several hours.
Later, the situation was brought under control after the district administration reached the spot.
UNI