In a major road mishap, one person was killed on the spot and four others were injured, as a Ranchi-bound bus from Kolkata was hit by a truck at Belajuri village on NH-33 under MGM police station area on Thursday morning. The deceased was driver of the ill fated truck and was identified as Pankaj Kumar (26), a resident of Chhota Govindpur of Jamshedpur.
Three of injured were passengers of the bus where as the one seriously injured is the driver of the bus. They were immediately rushed to MGM Medical College and Hospital for treatment. According to sources, the mishap took place near Kali Temple at Belajuri village. The bus carrying passengers was coming from Kolkata and moving towards Ranchi. The truck was coming from the Jamshedpur end toward Ghatshila as the head on collision took place. There were about 35 passengers in the bus, including women and children.