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Bhabhua : Five persons were killed and one seriously injured when a Magic van collided head-on with a tractor near village Kaithia under Kudara police station (PS) on NH-30 in Kaimur District in South Bihar on January 1, 2021, evening. Police reached the spot two hours after the accident and had to face the ire the locals..
SHO, Kudara PS, said that six youth had gone to Rohtas Public School at Kochas Bazaar in Rohtas district in South Bihar on January 1, 2021, morning, for picnic to mark the first day of the year. After the picnic, they were returning in the van in the late evening the same day. As they reached near village Kaithia on NH-30 in Kaimur District, a speeding tractor collided head-on with their van killing five of the youth in the van on the spot and injuring its driver.
The SHO said that the deceased were identified as Vijay Kumar Singh, owner of the School, his relatives : Ashutosh Kumar Patel and Santosh Kumar Patel of village Itadhi under Bhabhua PS, and two employees of the school : Munna Kumar Chaudhary and Vinay Kumar Pandey of Baghani Kala under Mohania PS.