Jan 08, 2025 02:29 PM IST
Police stated they’re ascertaining how come the college was opened when the Faculty Training and Literacy Division had ordered to maintain all the faculties closed until January 13 in view of the chilly wave
Three college kids and a driver died whereas over a half dozen kids sustained accidents after a potato laden truck overturned on an auto-rickshaw full of faculty kids in Jharkhand’s Gola, about 35 km from Ramgarh district headquarters.
The truck carrying potatoes hit the auto-rickshaw full of kids when the auto was crossing the freeway. (Representational picture)
A police officer accustomed to the matter stated that the accident passed off round 8.30am when the auto-rickshaw was crossing the freeway close to Tirla Chowk.
“The truck carrying potatoes hit the auto-rickshaw full of children when the auto was crossing the highway (NH-33) near Damodar Hotel close to Tirla Chowk under Gola police station area. This claimed the lives of the driver and three school children. Injured children are being taken to Ramgarh Sadar Hospital for treatment. They were on the way to Goodwill Mission School,” the officer stated.
District superintendent of police (SP) Ajay Kumar stated, The explanation behind the accident is being ascertained.”
Requested how come the college was opened when the Faculty Training and Literacy Division had ordered to maintain all the faculties closed until January 13 in view of the chilly wave and chilly, the SP stated: “That is being ascertained.”
A police officer near the matter stated: “Initial probe suggested that the auto driver was crossing the highway near Tirla Chowk without looking left or right. Meanwhile, the auto was hit by a truck coming on that road. The truck driver tried a lot to save the auto, but the auto had come in the middle of the road. In such a situation, the truck collided with the auto.”
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