Six killed, 7 hurt in Nalanda as truck rams into shops

BIHARSHARIF: At least six persons were killed and seven others sustained critical injuries after a speeding truck rammed into several roadside makeshift shops near Telhara Bazar area under the same police station area on Sunday evening.
Local residents admitted the injured persons to private clinics and late on Sunday night four of them were referred to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).Three of the deceased, identified as Parduman Kumar, Kaushal Kishore Prasad and Kailu Prasad were residents of Telhara, while three others identified as Dhirendra Kumar, Ujjawal Kumar and Suryabhan Kumar hailed from different villages under the Ghosi police station area of neighbouring Jehanabad district.
Hilsa sub-ivisional police officer Krishna Murari said the incident took place after the driver of the speeding truck coming from neighbouring Jehanabad district lost control over his vehicle. Driver of the vehicle and other occupants later fled from the spot.
Angry over the accident, local residents first damaged the truck and later set it on fire. Police personnel were pelted with stones when they tried to remove the bodies and prevent them from setting the truck on fire. At least five policemen, including SI Sidheshwar Ram sustained injuries, who were later admitted to Telhara primary health centre (PHC).
The rampaging crowd also attacked the Telhara police station and set five police vehicles on fire.
The agitators were finally pacified around 9pm when Nalanda DM Yogendra Kumar Singh and SP Hari Prasath S reached the spot with heavy police contingent and assured them of providing best medical treatment to the injured.
The DM, at the instruction of chief minister Nitish Kumar handed ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of each deceased person.
Governor Phagu Chauhan and CM Nitish have expressed their grief over the tragic incident.