Vaishali accident: Bihar CM expresses grief over deaths of 5 family members

Patna (Bihar) [India], May 6 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday expressed grief over the deaths of five members of a family in a road accident in Vaishali.
"Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed deep condolences on the death of five people of the same family, residents of Chikanur of Samastipur district, who died in a road accident near Chikanota Chowk in Vaishali. The Chief Minister prayed to god to give strength to the bereaved families," the Office of Chief Minister said.
Earlier in the day, five people lost their lives after a truck rammed into a car in Bihar's Vaishali on Saturday, said police.
According to the police, the incident happens around 2:30 pm near Chikanota Chowk of Baligaon police station area of the district. The impact of the collision was so intense that car turned into junk and the bodies of passengers strangled in it, which were taken out after cutting the car.
Following the information, police reached the spot and send the bodies for post-mortem while the injured were rushed to Hajipur Civil Hospital but later they succumbed to injuries.
All the deceased were said to be members of a family who were on their way to Samistipur after attending a function in Muzaffarpur.
SDPO Saurabh Suman said, "In a head-to-head collision between a car and a truck, three people died on the spot while two died while undergoing treatment. As soon as we received the information shifted the injured to the hospital and bodies for post-mortem."
"Damaged car and truck were moved aside so that the traffic movement not get disrupted. We are investigating the incident further, said the SDPO further. A CCTV video of the accident has also surfaced, in which it is clearly visible how the truck and the car collided," the SDPO said.