By PTI
HAJIPUR: At least 12 folks, a 3rd of them kids, had been killed and a number of other others had been injured when a rushing truck ploughed into a non secular procession in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Sunday night, officers mentioned.
The accident befell within the Desri police station space of the north Bihar district, about 30 kms from the state capital, round 9 PM when the procession had gathered in entrance of a ‘peepal’ tree on the roadside to supply prayers to an area deity ‘Bhumiya baba’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the accident and introduced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the subsequent of kin of every deceased and Rs 50,000 to every injured particular person.
“The accident in Vaishali, Bihar is saddening. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF (Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund) would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs 50,000,” the PM mentioned on Twitter.
RJD MLA Mukesh Roushan, underneath whose Mahua meeting constituency the location of the incident falls, rushed to the realm and mentioned “at least nine people have died on the spot. Many others have been taken to the Sadar hospital at Hajipur (the district headquarters), and three succumbed to injuries on the way. Those whose conditions are critical are being referred to hospitals in Patna”.
Vaishali Superintendent of Police Manish Kumar mentioned “the procession was taken out as part of a custom associated with marriages. A wedding was scheduled in a few days at the house of a resident of Sultanpur village nearby. The driver of the truck speeding through the adjacent Mahnar-Hajipur highway lost control. He is stuck inside the mangled vehicle and we fear that he might have died”.
Locals claimed that the deceased included not less than 4 kids.
Chaos prevailed within the space as those that had misplaced their close to and pricey ones stood wailing beside the street whereas many others raised offended slogans alleging that the police reached after a lot delay.
The SP mentioned, “We have summoned personnel from a number of adjoining police stations to speed up the rescue work and keep the law and order situation under control”.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed grief over the accident and directed the district administration to make sure correct therapy to those that have been injured and speedy disbursement of ex-gratia, as per norms, among the many subsequent of kin of every deceased.
HAJIPUR: At least 12 folks, a 3rd of them kids, had been killed and a number of other others had been injured when a rushing truck ploughed into a non secular procession in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Sunday night, officers mentioned.
The accident befell within the Desri police station space of the north Bihar district, about 30 kms from the state capital, round 9 PM when the procession had gathered in entrance of a ‘peepal’ tree on the roadside to supply prayers to an area deity ‘Bhumiya baba’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the accident and introduced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the subsequent of kin of every deceased and Rs 50,000 to every injured particular person.
“The accident in Vaishali, Bihar is saddening. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF (Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund) would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs 50,000,” the PM mentioned on Twitter.
RJD MLA Mukesh Roushan, underneath whose Mahua meeting constituency the location of the incident falls, rushed to the realm and mentioned “at least nine people have died on the spot. Many others have been taken to the Sadar hospital at Hajipur (the district headquarters), and three succumbed to injuries on the way. Those whose conditions are critical are being referred to hospitals in Patna”.
Vaishali Superintendent of Police Manish Kumar mentioned “the procession was taken out as part of a custom associated with marriages. A wedding was scheduled in a few days at the house of a resident of Sultanpur village nearby. The driver of the truck speeding through the adjacent Mahnar-Hajipur highway lost control. He is stuck inside the mangled vehicle and we fear that he might have died”.
Locals claimed that the deceased included not less than 4 kids.
Chaos prevailed within the space as those that had misplaced their close to and pricey ones stood wailing beside the street whereas many others raised offended slogans alleging that the police reached after a lot delay.
The SP mentioned, “We have summoned personnel from a number of adjoining police stations to speed up the rescue work and keep the law and order situation under control”.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed grief over the accident and directed the district administration to make sure correct therapy to those that have been injured and speedy disbursement of ex-gratia, as per norms, among the many subsequent of kin of every deceased.
