Kumar Rajiv Nayan

Ara : About 18 persons including four women and two girls were injured when a truck dashed them on the overbridge near Western Railway crossing under Nawada police station, Ara, in Bhojpur district, on May 7, 2018,  evening. After dashing people, the truck collided with a tree on the roadside.

The driver and his helper (khalasi) of the truck escaped after the accident. Police seized the truck and admitted the injured to Ara Sadar Hospital. The doctors there referred three of them to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) in view of their serious condition.

SHO, Nawada police station, said that a truck was coming to Ara from zero mile and when it reached the over bridge near Western railway crossing, the brake of the truck failed and the driver lost control on the steering. As a result, the speeding truck dashed a tractor and over a dozen vehicles including motorcycles in which about 18 persons were injured.

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