In a major road mishap, a 23-year old youth was killed and three others were injured as the car they were travelling in was hit by a speeding trailer at Urmal on NH-33 under Ichagarh police station area in adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Sunday morning.
Additional director general (ADG) Special Branch, Rezi Dungdung whose car was trailing behind the car also had collision, resulting in Dungdung’s car to get badly damaged but he had a narrow escape. The victim who died on the spot was identified as Amit Agrawal, a resident of Harmu, Ranchi. Sources said Amit was coming to a relative’s house in in Golmuri along with his mother Kusum Agrawal and sister Akanksha (15). Both Kusum and Akankshya were injured and have been admitted to Tata Main Hospital.
Sources informed that a speeding trailer going from the Jamshedpur hit the Agrawals’ car which was coming from the Ranchi. The ADG, Dungdung was on the second car that was hit by Agrawal’s car.
Officer-in-charge, Ichagarh, Kundan Ram said immediately after the mishap, the local residents had arrived at the spot and rescued the victims. The car driver Imran Hassan who was also injured was taken to the Tata Main Hospital.
The trailer driver was identified as Ram Prakash Prasad (42). “As per our investigation the driver was drunk. This led to the mishap,” the officer-in-charge said.
Ram said the ADG’s car was severely damaged in the mishap but neither his driver nor he himself was injured. He said the ADG returned to Ranchi after the incident.