Six people were injured in road mishap near Tenughat sub-divisional headquarters on Saturday morning. About a half dozen persons were injured when the trekker in which they were travelling fell into a Damodar river near Koswe, Tenughat under the same police station in Bokaro district, about 35 km from district headquarters on Saturday at 10:30 am. So far, one of them, who got serious injures, has been sent to Ranchi RIMS, police said.
According to information, the trekker coming to Gomia from Peterwar fell into Damodar river near Koswe bridge at around 10:30 am on Saturday. Two injured passengers identified as Amit Kumar Mahto and Kisun Marandi of Peterwar and lalpania have been admitted to the referral hospital at Tenughat by local police while one other, namely Chandra-ganeshan, who has sustained serious head injury is being treated at Ranchi. According to reports, the accident took place when the driver of the trekker lost control over the vehicle owing to high speed.