Four members of a family were killed and two seriously injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck parked near Daruda village on NH – 33 on Monday afternoon. The area where the accident took place falls under the Ichagarh thana area in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district, which is about 45 km away from Jamshedpur.
The two injured individuals have been admitted to the Tata Main Hospital. Their condition has been described as serious.
According to the police, family members of Prabhat Prasad were on their way to Dassam falls in Ranchi for a picnic. They were travelling in two cars.
“From the scene of the mishap, it seems that the car that rammed into the stationary truck was moving at a break-neck speed. It appears as the other car had moved faster than the ill-fated car, which was moving at a break-neck speed to catch up. However, it rammed into the stationary truck,” said Vinod Singh, OC, Ichagarh thana while talking to The Telegraph Online.
According to the police, the impact of the collision was so intense that the car got completely damaged, thereby causing the four of the occupants to die on the spot He said two teenagers, including a girl seated in the rear seat, fortunately, survived the mishap, but have sustained grievous injuries.
The police officer said the mishap took place at about 1.30 pm and by 2.00 pm the police reached the spot, rescued the survivors, and rushed them to Tata Main Hospital.
Singh maintained that by the time they managed to inform Prabhat Prasad, who was in another car, which was pretty far from the spot of the mishap. He pointed out that only after Prasad reached the spot, that they recovered the bodies and sent them all to the Seraikela divisional hospital for autopsy.
Those killed include two women, one of them was 55-year-old and the other was 27-year-old. The former was identified as Mamta Devi, while the latter as Madhu Devi. The other two deceased were identified as Abhay Prasad (30) and Aman Kumar (24), all were residents of Majhitola in Adityapur.
According to police, names of those admitted at the Tata Main Hospital are yet to be ascertained.
