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Ara : One person was killed when a speeding Scorpio collided head-on with an autorickshaw near Chhotaki Sasaram under Gajrajganj police outpost in Bhojpur district on June 8, 2019. The deceased was identified as Anil Kumar Bhagat, 25, of Pakadiyabar village under Udwantnagar police station. The deceased was an autorickshaw driver.
Police brought the body over to Ara Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. Police also seized the autorickshaw and the Scorpio though its driver escaped leaving the vehicle behind.
SHO, Gajrajganj police outpost, said that someone had reserved the autorickshaw for Bihia and Anil Kumar Bhagat had gone to Bihia with the passengers. After dropping the passengers at Bihia, he was returning. When he reached near Chhotaki Sasaram under Gajrajganj police outpost, a speeding Scorpio collided head-on with the auto killing him on the spot.
In another incident, an overcrowded autorickshaw overturned into a ditch near Ara Muffassil police station on Ara-Sinha main road on June 8 in which at least four persons were injured one of them seriously. Police admitted the injured to Ara Sadar Hospital and seized the autorichshaw. The doctor referred the seriously injured to Patna Medical College and Hospital.