5 of a family related to Sushant Singh Rajput die in accident

PATNA: Altogether six persons, including five relatives of Bollywood actor late Sushant Singh Rajput, died and four others were injured in an accident when they were returning to Jamui after cremating a family member, Geeta Devi (70), in Patna on Tuesday morning.
Geeta was the sister of Haryana Police ADG OP Singh, who is the brother-in-law of late Sushant. Those who died in the accident included Geeta’s husband Laljit Singh (75), his two sons Amit Shekhar Singh alias Nomani Singh (52) and Ramchandra Singh (37), daughter Baby Devi (42), niece Daisy Devi (40) and driver Pritam Kumar Singh (29).
The accident took place on NH-333A near Pipra village under the Halsi police station area in Lakhisarai district around 6am when their SUV collided head-on with a truck loaded with empty LPG cylinders, police said.The truck driver and co-driver escaped.
Halsi police station SHO Awadhesh Kumar said Laljit belonged to Bhandra village under the Khaira police station while his daughter Baby was from Malaypur, niece Daisy from Ratanpur under the Giddhaur police station area and driver Pritam belonged to Sonpeh, all in Jamui district.
The SHO said the injured Balmiki Singh (60) and his son Prashant Kumar alias Tonu (24) of Nawadih, Balmukund Singh (60) and his son Dilkhush Singh (23) of Chauhandih under the Khaira police station area were referred to Patna for treatment. “Balmiki is Amit’s father-in-law. Balmukund is Laljit’s brother-in-law. Daisy was her daughter,” he said.
The SHO said Geeta had died in Patna in the course of treatment. “They were returning to Jamui after cremating her at Bans Ghat in Patna,” he said.
He said the SUV in which the entire family was travelling had been mangled to an extent that two bodies, including that of the driver, remained trapped inside for more than an hour.
Lakhisarai SP Sushil Kumar, who received a call from the Haryana ADG after the accident, said the SUV was overloaded and eyewitnesses said it was at a high speed. He said the NH was single-lane where the accident took place.
“Either the driver dozed off or he failed to control the vehicle due to high speed and rammed into the truck,” the SP said.
Laljit’s nephew Sujaan Singh lodged an FIR against the unidentified truck driver in connection with the deaths, police said.