Bihar: 4 of a family killed after car hits truck in Gopalganj

PATNA: Four members of a family died when a car they were travelling in collided head on with a speeding truck on NH-28 near Dumaria Ghat under the Mohammadpur police station area in Gopalganj district on Saturday morning.
The victims were identified as Sanjeev Kumar Jha (47), his wife Nimi Jha (40), daughter Astha Jha (16) and son Chaitanya Jha (14). Sadar SDPO Naresh Paswan said the victims were on way to their native village in Saharsa from New Delhi when the incident occurred.
“Jha was an employee of a private firm in Delhi.The ill-fated car was bearing the registration number of Delhi. It collided head on with a spice-laden truck. The driver of the truck fled abandoning his vehicle bearing registration number of Uttar Pradesh,” the SDPO said.
Paswan said primary investigations revealed that reckless driving by the truck driver led to the accident. “By the time the villagers rushed to the spot, the four had died. Bodies of the victims were handed over to their family members after postmortem at sadar hospital,” the SDPO said.
He added Nimi’s brother Rakesh Kumar Jha has lodged an FIR against the truck driver. “Efforts are on to identify the truck driver and arrest him,” he said.