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Jharkhand News: 3 school students dead after truck hits tempo in Ramgarh

MANOJ SINHA Ramgarh, Jan 8: A devastating road accident occurred on Wednesday morning at Mathwatand, within the Gola police station area, along…

Jharkhand News: 3 school students dead after truck hits tempo in Ramgarh

MANOJ SINHA

Ramgarh, Jan 8: A devastating road accident occurred on Wednesday morning at Mathwatand, within the Gola police station area, along the Ramgarh-Bokaro road. An LP truck collided with a tempo carrying school children, resulting in the immediate deaths of the tempo driver and three children. The incident caused a massive traffic jam at the site.

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The accident took place around 8:00 am on the Ramgarh-Gola road. Approximately a dozen students from Goodwill Mission School were traveling to school in the tempo. Eyewitnesses reported that the truck violently rammed into the tempo, leaving it trapped beneath the truck. Emergency services called in a crane to remove the truck and rescue those trapped.

The deceased have yet to be identified, except for the tempo driver, who was identified as Sarfaraz, a resident of Sangrampur. The crash caused chaos at the scene as authorities and locals worked to recover the victims and clear the site.

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The incident is reported to have occurred near Tirla Chowk, where the auto driver was crossing the highway without checking both sides. During this time, a truck coming along the road collided with the auto. The truck driver tried his best to avoid hitting the auto, but the auto had already moved to the middle of the road. As a result, the truck crashed into the auto.

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Following the accident, a large crowd of locals gathered at the scene, while the family members of the victims were in a state of deep distress, crying inconsolably.

Further investigations are underway to determine the exact cause of the accident.

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