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Jharkhand News: Kolkata-bound Muzaffarpur bus hits truck, one dies, 8 injured

SUBHASH MISHRA   Dhanbad, May 14: One died and eight passengers, including a woman were injured when a Kolkata-bound Muzaffarpur (Bihar)  bus…

Jharkhand News: Kolkata-bound Muzaffarpur bus hits truck, one dies, 8 injured

Crashed bus being removed from accident site

SUBHASH MISHRA

 

Dhanbad, May 14: One died and eight passengers, including a woman were injured when a Kolkata-bound Muzaffarpur (Bihar)  bus hit a truck from the back on inter-state GT road under Topchachi police station, around  35 km away from district headquarters at the wee hour of Tuesday.

A police official said that the driver of the bus died on the spot. Injured passengers were admitted to nearby Sahobahiyar Community Health Centre (CHC) and were released after first Aid.

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Topchachi police station officer in-charge Sanjay Kumar told media persons that the incident occurred at around 3 am.  The Bus ( Raj Bus)  was going to Kolkata from  Muzaffarpur.  Near Topchachi market the high-speed bus in the course of overtaking hit the running truck from the back.

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The driver of the bus identified as Brajesh Kumar of Vaishali district ( Bihar)  got stranded between both the vehicles. He was rescued after two hours but before that, he had died on the spot.

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Sahobahiyar CHC medical officer-in-charge Dr Ashutosh Kumar Singh said that a total of eight passengers including a woman came at 5 am. All of them had received mild injuries and were discharged after 1st Aid.

Second incident in recent days

This is the second time the Kolkata – Bihar bus has met an accident on GT Road under Topchachi police police station. On April 30 Nawada ( Bihar) bound Kolkata bus had hit a standing truck.

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