Ranchi: Three separate road accidents across Jharkhand resulted in six fatalities and four serious injuries, police reported.
The first accident happened near Baihatu village on the Chaibasa-Chakradharpur highway in West Singhbhum district, where a small cargo vehicle collided head-on with an oncoming truck. Three passengers in the cargo vehicle—Seenu Purti (35), Ganga Jarika (36), and Shivram Hembram (30)—died instantly. Another passenger, Jagdish Hembram (35), was critically injured and was sent to Tata Main Hospital after initial treatment. The impact was so intense that the Tata Magic vehicle was completely destroyed. Local residents and authorities worked together to rescue trapped individuals. Chaibasa Mufassil Police Station in-charge Chandrashekhar Kumar confirmed that the three deceased were declared dead at the hospital, and post-mortem examinations are ongoing.
In the second incident, a Bolero vehicle went into Tilaiya Dam after breaking through the railing of Jawahar Bridge on the Ranchi – Patna Road in the Barhi police station area of Hazaribagh district. Among the four passengers, Saurabh and Sandeep escaped by swimming to safety, but Rahul Sonkar and Ashish drowned. The group was returning to Barhi after attending a wedding in Koderma. Authorities reached the scene quickly, and a crane was used to recover the submerged vehicle. Rahul Sonkar’s body was recovered, while search efforts are still underway for Ashish’s body.
In another collision near Pochra turn in the Latehar Sadar police station area, a head-on crash between a bike and an auto resulted in the death of Ashfaq Ansari, while Waris Ansari sustained serious injuries and was transferred to RIMS Ranchi for treatment.