Six killed in three road accidents across Jharkhand in 24 hours

Six people, including two women and a four-year-old boy, were killed in three separate road accidents across Jharkhand during the past 24 hours, police said on Wednesday.

The accidents were reported from Hazaribag, Medininagar and Giridih districts, with two fatalities recorded in each incident. Another person sustained injuries in the Medininagar accident.

𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗴

In Hazaribag, a 35-year-old woman and her four-year-old son died after being hit by a truck while crossing the road at Barhi Chowk.

Police identified the deceased as Urmila Devi and her son Deepanshu.

Sub-Divisional Police Officer Radha Prem Kishore said the woman had come to her maternal home in Barhi to celebrate Durga Puja.

"She had come to her maternal home in Barhi during the Durga Puja festival," the officer said.

The accident claimed the lives of both the mother and child.

𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿

In another incident, two men were killed and a third person was injured when their motorcycle crashed into a roadside tree at Murmakala village in Medininagar on Tuesday night.

The victims were rushed to Medininagar Medical College and Hospital, where two of them succumbed to their injuries during treatment.

Padwa police station in-charge Anchit Kumar identified the deceased as Chandan Singh (26) and Dharmveer Singh (21).

The injured person was also taken to the hospital for treatment.

𝗘𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗵

In Giridih, an elderly couple died after a four-wheeler hit their motorcycle on the Ranikhav-Jamua Main Road on Tuesday.

The deceased were identified as Sahdeo Narayan Choudhary (71), an advocate practising at a local court, and his wife Maya Devi (65).

Pachamba police station in-charge Rajeev Kumar said the couple were returning home when the accident occurred.

Police have launched a search for the driver of the car involved in the collision.

The three incidents left six people dead across the state within a span of 24 hours.