Three persons of a family were killed and one got severely injured,when the motorcycle they were riding rammed into a light truck in near Paththarjor area near Madhupur on Thursday afternoon.
The truck driver has been arrested while the vehicle has been impounded, said the police.
The deceased woman Chandani Tudu (25) her daughter Shanti Hansada(06) and Seema Hansada (04) and one injured namely Saheb Ram Hansada — were residents of Shampur villege. According to Officer-in Charge Satendra Prasad, the four left for an outing on Pulsar motorcycle at about 1 p.m. on Thursday noon and the accident took place on their way to Jhirkibad village on Bengabad-Madhupur road, police said.
Sources said,when they reached near Paththarjor road at Madhupur, their motorcycle suddenly came under back wheel of a truck, which was coming from the opposite side. The impact was such that the bike was completely damaged as it entangled underneath the vehicle,” said a police officer.
Witnesses told the police that all seemed except one to have died on the spot. One of them called the PCR and a PCR van rushed with injured person to a nearby Sewasadan hospital and his treatment is going on,While three one is wife(pregnant) and two children of Sewa Ram Hansada died on the spot said the police.