As many as 12 CRPF personnel were injured, five of them critically, when a truck taking them to Nimiaghat in Bermo of Jharkhand for election duty turned sideways after the driver lost control while trying to save a goat on Friday afternoon.

The accident occurred under Madhuban police station area in Giridih district, around 200km from state capital Ranchi.

Giridih superintendent of police Amit Renu said the truck was carrying around 25 CRPF personnel of the 154th Battalion from Madhuban camp to Nimiaghat in Bermo, where byelection will be held on November 3, when the driver lost control while manoeuvring to save a goat which came in front and the vehicle fell sideways.

“All the injured CRPF personnel were rushed to Dumri General Hospital in Giridih where their condition is said to be stable. However, five of them who sustained head injuries have been airlifted to Patliputra Medical College Hospital in Dhanbad for better treatment. Based on medical advice, we might send them to Ranchi,” said Renu.