16 die in Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur accidents

MUZAFFARPUR/BHAGALPUR/PATNA: Altogether 16 people were killed in two separated accidents in Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur districts on Saturday.
While 12 persons died and three others were injured when the SUV in which they were travelling rammed into a tractor trolley carrying bricks near Narsanda under Kanti police station area in Muzaffarpur district around 5am, four people, including two home guard jawans, were killed and a sub-inspector of police was injured when three vehicles collided near Bansitikar under Sabour police station in Bhagalpur on Saturday.The deceased in Bhagalpur accident were identified as home guard jawans Kailash Yadav (52) and Uday Yadav (50) as well as Surendra Yadav (40) and Dhiraj Yadav (25). Surendra and Dhiraj were travelling in car which collided wit the police jeep and another vehicle. Sub-inspector of Lodipur police station, Kamaljeet, who was in the police jeep, was injured. He was admitted to Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JLNMCH) for treatment.
Kanti police station SHO Kundan Kumar said the 12 victims were daily wage workers and heading towards Muzaffarpur from Uttar Pradesh. The bodies were taken to Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), Muzaffarpur. SKMCH superintendent Dr Sunil Kumar Shahi said 12 bodies were brought to the hospital.
The SHO said the deceased were identified as Sikandar Sahni (35), Raju Sahni (40), Abhishek Tiwari (29), Arun Sahni (34), Gokul Manjhi (24), Dhruv Sahni (46), Manish Sah (25), Jaikaran Sahni (45), Ramvaran Sahni (38), Hritik Roushan (19), Ranjan Sah (35) and Vilash Sah (20). He said Abhishek was driving the SUV. He belonged to Basti district in UP. “The SUV also had registration number of UP,” he said.
“Arun and Gokul were natives of Chainpur and Panapur respectively under Minapur police station area while the other deceased belonged to Dihjivar village under Hathauri police station area in Muzaffarpur district,” he said.
SHO Kumar said the injured were identified as Rohit Kumar, Ajay Sahni and Kamlesh Sahni of Dihjivar. “No one was witness to the accident. It seems the SUV rammed into the tractor trolley from behind,” he said and added that a crane was used to pull the mangled SUV out of the trolley.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar expressed grief over the accident and directed the officials concerned to immediately pay the ex gratia of Rs4 lakh to each bereaved family.
Kanti circle officer (CO) Ravindra Kumar Bharti said the bodies were handed over to the family members after postmortem. They were coming from Basti in UP where they worked as daily wagers, he said. “The injured are undergoing treatment at SKMCH. Process has begun to pay the ex gratia amount to the next of kin of each of the deceased,” Bharti added.