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Jharkhand News: BBMKU PG girl student killed in Hywa-bus collision

SUBHASH MISHRA   Advertisement Dhanbad, March 6: A post-graduate girl student of Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University (BBMKU) Dhanbad, identified as Ritu…

Jharkhand News: BBMKU PG girl student killed in Hywa-bus collision

Injured persons at a local clinic

SUBHASH MISHRA

 

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Dhanbad, March 6: A post-graduate girl student of Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University (BBMKU) Dhanbad, identified as Ritu Chandra, was killed while a dozen passengers were injured in bus-Hywa coal truck collision on inter-state GT Road near East India roundabout under Govindpur police station, around 23 km away here in the evening today.

A police official said the accident occurred at around 5.15 pm. The female student succumbed to her injury on the spot.

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In contrast, other bus passengers who received minor injuries were admitted to local private clinics and the Govindpur Community Health Centre (CHC).

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The victim girl, an MSc first-semester student, was a resident of Nirsa block of the district and was returning from Dhanbad. The police duly informed her family members.

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The Hywa truck reportedly belonged to Maithon Power Limited (MPL) Maithon.

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Govindpur police inspector Ravi Kant Prasad said an investigation into the incident is ongoing.

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