As many as five people, who included four men and one woman, were killed when their Maruti Omni van in which they were travelling collided with a standing trailer on NH-2 near Dumari in Giridih district on Wednesday early morning, police sources said.
The incident happened at Gujadih village near Meena hospital with in limits of Dumari police station. The van which was carrying a total of 8 persons, were on their way to the Gaya to participate the pinddan. The dead persons have been identified as Sudeep Bagh (25), Anima Manna both belonging to Komra of Midnapur district, Sudhin Gorai Mahendra Bhokta of Rangta Khali and Niranjan village in WB while one driver namely Arpan Bhattacharya of Hugely district.
According to police the trailer had stopped at the site of line hotel near Gujadih village on NH-2 was rammed into from behind by a speeding Maruti van .A section of the Omni van was completely crushed leaving 5 person dead on the spot while three suffered injuries .The injured were SriKant Manna, Gopal samanto and Viswajit Samanto admitted in nearby Meena hospital while two of them are said to be out of danger, police said. Sources state that the van driver made a sudden turn to the left and hit the trailer while the local villagers blamed the driver was defiantly got sleeping due to overnight driving .