Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : Four members of a Band party were killed and nine others injured three of them seriously when a Pick-up van collided with a truck parked on roadside at Mahavirganj-Devadhi Mor on Ara-Sasaram State Highway under Charpokhari police station (PS) in Bhojpur District around 5am on May 27, 2021.
Police brought the bodies over to Ara Sadar Hospital for post-mortem and admitted the injured there but the doctor referred three of them to Patna Medical College and Hospital(PMCH) in view of their critical condition. The deceased were identified as Pujan Ram, 40, Md Kamalu 30, of Pawana village, Tengari Ram, 55, of Bankat, and Moti Ram,50, of Paharpur, Gadhani.
SHO, Charpokhari PS, said that a Band party had gone to village Itaur under the police station with baraat of a youth of Narayanpur village on May 26, 2021, late evening. After the marriage ceremony was solemnised, the members of the band party were returning on Pick-van in the wee hour on May 27, 2021. But, the driver of the pick-up van dashed a straw laden truck parked on roadside on Ara-Sasarm State Highway at Mahavirganj-Devadhi mor under Charpokhari police station from behind killing four of the band party on the spot and injuring nine others.