Patna/Lakhisarai, Oct 19 Four people, including two youths, were killed and four others injured in two separate road accidents in Bihar’s Patna and Lakhisarai districts, police said on Monday.
In Patna, two people were killed and four others injured after a speeding SUV went out of control and overturned near Mahesh Nagar on Atal Path around 11.30 pm on Sunday.
“According to witnesses, a total of six people were injured when the speeding vehicle overturned. Police reached the spot and took all six injured to the nearest hospital, where two of the victims succumbed to their injuries,” Shushma Sagar, assistant superintendent of police (Law and Order-2), Patna, told reporters.
The identities of the deceased and the injured were being ascertained, she said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and further investigation is underway, police said.
In another incident, two youths, Rajan Kumar (18) and Shlok Kumar (17), were killed when their motorcycle collided head-on with a speeding pick-up van in Aadupur village under the jurisdiction of Suryagarha police station in Lakhisarai district in the early hours of Monday.
“The incident took place at 3.30 am. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and the driver of the pick-up van has been arrested. Further investigation is underway,” Lakhisarai SP Prerna Kumar told reporters.
(PTI News)
