On Friday night a bus first dashed into a standing vehicle and then fell down in Siyarkoni valley of Chouparan block of Hazaribagh district. The valley is 65 kilometres away from the Hazaribagh headquarters and is situated on NH33.
In the accident, five passengers died on the spot and 12 got seriously injured. All the injured passengers were referred to Hazaribagh Sadar Hospital.
According to the statement of a passengear, the Jharkhand tourism bus was going to Gaya from Ranchi. As the bus reached Siyarkoni valley, it directly dashed onto another vehicle which was standing in front of Shimla hotel, then the bus fell down in the valley.
The villagers reached there and started the rescue operation in the night. Three persons including a four month baby died on spot. The persons who died on spot include Sanjeev Kumar (20), Chandani lohra (4 months) and Bhuvaneshwar Singh (80).
All the injured passengers were referred to Sadar Hospital Hazaribagh. Two passengers Parvati Kumari (48) and Sweta Kumari (22) died on the way to Hazaribagh. Both died lady were mother and daughter.
The injured passengers included Paro Devi, Mukesh Kumar, Pooja Rani, Soni lohra, Jagarnath lohra, Ranjan Tiwary, Bhado Ram and others.