Truck plunges into Ganga, two killed

Patna, Dec 30 (UNI) Two people were reportedly killed when a truck plunged into the Ganga after its driver lost control over the vehicle while passing through Mahatma Gandhi bridge, connecting the capital city with Hajipur, today.

Earlier in the morning, civil officials as well as police teams rushed from both Hajipur and here on the basis of unconfirmed reports that a bus carrying 40-50 people from Hajipur Railway station to the capital city had jumped the railings of the bridge, leading to watery graves of the passengers.

Senior Superintendent of Police Kundan Krishnan said the driver and the helper of the truck were feared killed although no body had been recovered from the spot or downstream of the turbulent river as yet.

The truck, however, was retrieved using heavy duty crane and it was yet to be ascertained whether any person other than the driver and the helper was aboard the truck, he added.

Due to the lack of visibility early morning, the truck rammed into the railings of the bridge, crashed the barrier and jumped into the river 80 feet below at 0600 hrs, Mr Krishnan said.

Retrieval of the truck set at rest the confusion in police and administrative circles of Vaishali and Patna districts about the type of the vehicle, which plunged into the Ganga, official sources said.

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