Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : One Mahesh Kumar of Sitamarhi district was killed and his friend injured in a road accident when their speeding motorcycle collided head on with a speeding three-wheeler near Dharahara under Ara Town police station on the Ara-Patna main road in the late evening on Tuesday. The driver of the three wheeler escaped with the vehicle after the accident.
SHO, Ara Town police station, said that Mahesh Kumar of village Begaha under Nanpur police station in Sitamadhi district and Shakti Kumar of Shivganj area under Ara Town police station worked at a sweetmeat shop at Chandi Bazaar. On December 18, 2018, late evening, Mahesh Kumar and Shakti Kumar went to a petrol pump at Dharahara on a motorcycle for taking petrol. When they reached near Sri Jain Bala Vishram in Dharahara locality under Ara Town police station, a speeding three- wheeler collided-head on with the motorcycle in which both the motorcycle riders were injured.
Police admitted them to Sadar Hospital, Ara, but Mahesh Kumar succumbed to his injuries while the doctors referred Shakti Kumar to Patna Medical College and Hospital in view of his serious condition.