Five devotees from the Steel City were injured when the SUV they were traveling in hit a tree at Raghunathpur on the Tata-Purulia Road under Raghunathpur police station area in Purulia district of Bengal on Tuesday.
The devotees were
returning Jamshedpur after performing rituals at Shiv Mandir in Deoghar on Monday through the NH-32. According to sources, the accident took place at about 4:45am on Tuesday the victims arranged another vehicle for reaching to Jamshedpur.
The injured were rushed to the MGM Medical College and Hospital in Sakchi. At the medical college hospital, the doctor on emergency duty treated all the injured, but referred one of them to Tata Main Hospital as his condition was serious. The one having serious injury was identified as Prakash Sharma (25), a resident of Ram Janam Nagara in Kadma. Officials of the Tata Main Hospital camp police station confirmed about the 25-year-old undergoing treatment at the Tata Main Hospital.
Two of the four others who sustained injuries were released after first-aid at the MGM Medical College and Hospital emergency.
The remaining two who were admitted at the medical college hospital were identified as Satish Singh (28), a resident of Kashidih and Mrityunjay Prasad (27), a resident of Ulyan in Kadma.