Three persons including a man and his son died on the spot near Hidayatullah National law University here in a fatal road mishap which occurred during the wee hours of Sunday, police said.
The incident occurred under Rakhi police station limits in the new capital.
“Three people, including a former Sarpanch and his son, were killed when their their car rammed into a stationary truck near the law university around 6.30 am,” Station House Officer (SHO) Mathura Singh informed.
According to the police, the incident ossurred when the victims were heading towards their native village Uparwara after attending a marriage ceremony and person driving the car lost control over the speedily driven car. Those killed were identified as Ramnarayan Sahu (51) -former Sarpanch of Uparwara- his son laxminarayan (22) and another relative Shyamlal Sahu (48), he said.
“laxminarayan who was driving the car, failed to notice a stationary truck near the University close to Uparwara and rammed into it. The impact of collision was so severe that all three died on the spot, he added.
Bodies have been handed over to the victims’ families after the post mortem, he said. A case has been registered in this connection, he said adding that further probe was on.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Raman Singh has expressed profound grief over the incident.
He has also expressed sorrow over the death of three women from lodha family of Dhamtari who were killed in another road accident near Nagpur in Maharashtra on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister in his message said that every life is important and we can avert such accidents by controlling speed while driving.