Five persons of a priest family of Pakur were killed in a road accident at Pagla More of Govindpur- Sahebganj road in Latani Panchayat of Purbi Tundi police station area of Dhanbad. A neighbor of the family who was driving the car (Maruti Suzuki Wagon R) bearing number registration number JH 15 M 9450 was also injured during the accident and is undergoing treatment at Patliputra Medical College and Hospital in Dhanbad.

The incident took place at around 4 am in the morning. The family comprising of Ranjit Kumar Mishra (41), his wife Mira Devi (35) and son Shivansh Mishra (8), daughter Palak Mishra (5), along with his father Subesh Mishra (64) was heading back to their home at Pandit Mohalla on Shitala Mata Road of Pakur from their ancestral home in a rented car of Deoghar owned by one Shiv Shankar Dubey. The car was at high speed and rammed into a static cement laden tipper truck on Pagla More.

The impact of the accident was so severe that all the five family members died on the spot while the neighbor cum driver Rahul Pandey (30) was in serious condition due to multiple injuries and is undergoing treatment at PMCH Dhanbad. He is now out of danger.

Officer in charge of Purbi Tundi police station of Dhanbad, Kamal Nath Munda said, “We came to know about the accident at around 5 am in the morning and rushed to the spot immediately but the patrolling team of police reached the site before us and extricated the dead bodies of three people including Rajit Kumar Mishra, Subesh Mishra and Shivansh Mishra from the mangled remains of the car,” and also added that the injured driver was also taken out from the car and immediately sent to PMCH.

“When we reached the site, we also took out the dead body of a woman Meera Devi and her daughter Palak Mishra with the help of local residents,” said Munda.

“The family went to their ancestral home in Gaya three days ago and were returning to their home when the accident took place,” said Munda. He added that they have informed the relatives of the deceased family members who will be reaching Dhanbad in the evening.

When asked how the accident took place, Munda said, “As nobody was there around the site and the lone survivor of the accident, Rahul Pandey is also not in a condition to speak so we can’t say that how the accident took place but we will take the statement of the driver once his condition improves and also lodge a case in this regard on the basis of the statement of the family members and driver.”