Four cops injured in road accident

Four policemen were injured in a road accident when the jeep they were travelling in for patrolling was hit by a tanker at Bhilaipahari on NH-33 under MGM police station area near Jamshedpur on Friday morning. The injured policemen were immediately rushed to Tata Main Hospital, where the two who had sustained serious injuries were admitted, while the other two  were released after first-aid.

According to information, all the injured cops posted at MGM police station were on patrolling the NH-33 as the mishap took place.  Those admitted at the hospital were identified as Rajendra Paswan (head constable) and Birendra Yadav (constable). The doctors treating the two seriously injured said that though their condition is serious, but still they are out of danger.

Officer-in-charge, Binod Kumar said that the investigation into the incident was on. As per the initial probe the police jeep was negotiating the national highway, the tanker hit the police jeep from the front, causing the jeep damaged.  Cases of road mishaps at the stretch on National Highway 33 have become a regular affair.  During the past four months several mishaps have taken place in which 20 persons have died on the NH-33 a stretch of 20 kilometres.