Three killed in road mishap in Bihar’s Gaya district

Team Udayavani, Nov 8, 2017, 1:00 PM IST

Gaya (Bihar):  Three persons were killed while another was seriously injured when the vehicle carrying them overturned in Gaya district today, police said.

The mishap took place early this morning on the NH-2 in Amas police station area of the district when a car, in which four members of a family were returning from Varanasi, lost control and overturned and fell 20 feet down from the elevated road, Station House Officer (SHO) of Amas Police station, Ram Bilas Prasad Yadav said.

The SHO said the travellers were residents of Imamganj police station area in Gaya and they had gone to Varanasi to cremate a woman in the family who had recently died.

Sunil Kumar Pandey and Yogendra Pandey died on the spot while Abhay Kumar Pandey succumbed to injuries at the Anugrah Narain Medical College Hospital in the city, Yadav said.

Ravindra Kumar Pandey, who suffered injuries in the mishap, is undergoing treatment at the hospital where his condition is said to be critical, Yadav added.