New Delhi: Four people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed and 11 others injured when a speeding bus collided head-on with two small vehicles on National Highway 31 near Bhagripur in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district on Tuesday evening, officials said.The accident took place at around 6:30 pm in the Jhandapur police station area of ​​Naugachia division. According to authorities, the bus hit a small commercial vehicle and an e-rickshaw, leaving several passengers trapped and injured.“Four people were killed and 11 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and two small vehicles,” Bhagalpur district magistrate Nawal Kishor Choudhary told reporters. The dead included a six-year-old child and a woman. ““A large bus collided head-on with two small vehicles. Four people died; two of them have been identified, one from Katihar and the other from Kagariya. We are searching for documents in the vehicle but none were found. Once identified, we will hand over the bodies to their families… Eleven people were injured and they have been taken to hospital,” he said in a separate statement from the scene..,”The deceased have been identified as Arvind Mandal, 40, from Katihar district, Kunal Kumar, 6, from Kagaria district, Purmi Devi, 35, and her husband Sunil Das, 40, from Bhagalpur district.Of the 11 injured, eight are undergoing treatment at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Bhagalpur and three have been discharged. The magistrate said that all the injured were out of danger. The government is in the process of informing the families of the victims, including those residing outside Bhagalpur, through officials concerned, he added.“Prima facie, two small vehicles were hit by a speeding bus on NH-31 around 6:30 pm,” Naugachia district superintendent of police Prerna Kumar said. She added: “We received information about a collision between a private bus and two autorickshaws. We reached there. Considering the seriousness of the incident, all of us reached here… Prima See, it looks like a speeding bus hitting a smaller vehicle. 4 people died. Others have been referred to Bhagalpur for better treatment…”The police said an FIR will be registered and the driver and bus owner will be identified for further legal action.Responding to concerns over the frequent accidents on the highway, Chaudhry said: “This road sees heavy traffic. As per my request, the government has approved the proposal to widen this road. The work will start soon.” He urged motorists to drive safely.
