Four people were killed late on Tuesday night, October 27, when a truck hit a tempo on National Highway 722 near Bhainsmara, in the Garkha police station area of Bihar's Saran district, police said.

Source: PTI

The dead include Anu Kumari, of Pure Chhapra village in the Parsa police station area, and her infant son. The tempo's driver, Ashish Kumar, and its helper, Aman Kumar, 20, of Katra village in the Bhagwan Bazar police station area, were also killed, according to local reporting of the police account.

Source: Dinman Times

Six people were travelling in the tempo, including the driver and the helper. The family was returning home after attending a wedding ceremony in Ludhiana, Punjab. They had reached Chhapra Junction by train and then taken the tempo for the last leg of the journey home when the truck hit it. Reports said the truck was travelling at high speed; the tempo was badly damaged in the impact.

Source: Zee News (IANS)

Anu Kumari's husband, Vishal Kumar, and the couple's two-year-old daughter were seriously injured and are being treated in hospital, reports said. People nearby helped take the injured to hospital, and a Garkha police team reached the spot after being informed.

Police said an investigation is under way to establish the exact cause of the collision. No official statement on the truck driver or on any arrest had been reported at the time of publishing.