Bihar: Three run over by car in Vaishali, 2 die in Banka

PATNA: Three people were killed and five others received injuries when a speeding car knocked down them near Bhagwanpur in Vaishali district on Friday. The incident took place around 9am when the car coming from Muzaffarpur side mowed down people sitting beside the road near Ratanpura village under Bhagwanpur police station area. The deceased were identified as Sunny Rai (21), Manjay Pandit (30) and Srijan Sharma (15).
SHO Alok Kumar said three of the critically injured were referred to the PMCH for treatment.Sharma, a resident of Imadpur, was a student at a local college. Sunny was from Ratanpura and Pandit hailed from Bithauli in Vaishali district.
Agitated over the mishap, local residents disrupted vehicular traffic for about six hours. The road blockade was lifted after Hajipur Sadar SDPO Raghav Dayal assured compensation to the victims.
In a separate incident in Banka, one Md Rahmat and another 35-year-old man were killed in two separate road accidents under Barahat and Rajaun police station areas on Friday. An irate mob blocked the Bhagalpur-Dumka road for about an hour in protest.