Seven persons including truck driver and its khalasi were killed and three other injured, all of them seriously, when a truck rammed into a road side house on Dhanbar-Birni road near Chiknibad village on Sunday night at 11:30 pm .All five members of a family were died on the spot of the ill fated house .While two other including driver and cleaner were also died in the incident, police sources said.
Two of the dead were still trapped in the twisted metal of the truck and three injured persons now under treatment at Birni primary health centre, Giridih. The condition of the injured continues to be precarious. The diseased have been identified as Kailash Yadav(50),Vandul Mahto(60) Bhupendra Yadav(25) and Mahesh Yadav (21) ,All were a same family .The others who sustained injuries include Deonarayan Mahto ,Sunil Yadav and Mathura Yadav .
According to eyewitness, the truck loaded with stone cheeps was moving on high speed from Danwar to Birni .In protest against the death of a five members of a family in road accident on Sunday night ,he angry localities burnt down the tiers and then blocked the Danwar-Birni road demanding compensation for the victims,s of the family and repair of their house.
Narrating the incident villagers said that, a dozen members of a family were sitting inside their “varanda”and solving their land dispute and suddenly a truck rammed into veranda and the impact of the truck was so high and dust clouds engulfed the entire area ,they added .