8 killed, 4 injured in head-on collision between mini-van, truck on Patna’s outskirts

Eight killed as truck collides with auto in Patna

Patna: Eight people were killed and five others seriously injured after a truck collided with an auto-rickshaw in Bihar's Patna district on Saturday. According to police, the incident occurred when a speeding truck hit an auto-rickshaw carrying devotees from Malama village in Nalanda district to Fatuha for bathing in the Ganga River around 6 a.m. The impact was so severe that the auto was completely mangled. The fatal accident took place near th…

8 killed, 4 injured in head-on collision between mini-van, truck on Patna’s outskirts

Eight people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a mini-van and a truck on the outskirts of Patna on Saturday, police said. The accident took place in the early hours in Shahjahanpur near the Patna-Nalanda border, they said. Among the deceased were seven women, they added. The injured were admitted to a nearby government hospital, said SP (Rural) Vikram Singh. “The driver of the truck managed to flee from the spot,…