Three people were killed in two separate road crashes in Bihar on Monday, 26 October — two motorcycle riders in Begusarai district and a 22-year-old e-rickshaw driver in Bhagalpur district — while six passengers were injured in the Bhagalpur collision, police and reports said.
Source: Nation Press
Begusarai: Truck–motorcycle collision on SH-55
In Begusarai, a head-on collision between a truck and an Apache motorcycle on State Highway 55 (SH-55) near Mohanpur killed both riders on the spot. The deceased were identified as Chandan Kumar, alias Munna Ji, 48, a resident of Sarvodaya Nagar under the Nagar police station area, and Ranjeet Sharma, a resident of Pahadchak village under the Lohiyanagar police station area.
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A police team led by Muffassil police station SHO Manoj Kumar reached the spot, took custody of the bodies and sent them to Sadar Hospital, Begusarai, for post-mortem examinations. Police said legal formalities have been initiated and the exact cause of the collision will be established after investigation; they have not officially attributed the crash to speeding or any other specific factor.
Bhagalpur: E-rickshaw driver killed, six injured in Kahalgaon
In the second crash, early on Monday morning, a speeding Hyva truck collided head-on with an e-rickshaw near Rasalpur police station in the Kahalgaon area of Bhagalpur district, on the Echhari–Mohanpur main road. The driver, Amit Kumar, 22, son of Luteshwar Thakur and a resident of Silhan Khajuria village under the Sanokhar police station area, was killed, and the e-rickshaw was badly mangled.
Source: Patna Press
Six passengers were injured. Local residents pulled them from the wreckage and took them to a nearby health centre. Three passengers in serious condition — Brajesh Tanti, 26, Bhuvneshwar Paswan, 50, and Rajesh Mandal, 50 — were referred to Mayaganj Hospital (Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital) in Bhagalpur, while the remaining three, including a 12-year-old, are being treated locally. Rasalpur police are investigating the crash and Amit Kumar's body was sent for post-mortem examination.
Source: Patna Press / Nation Press
The two crashes have again put road safety on Bihar's state and district highways in focus. Police investigations are under way in both districts, and officials have not yet announced any corrective measures following the incidents.