Patna, Nov 11 (IANS) Three minor boys were killed, and another was critically injured after an unidentified truck rammed their motorcycle near Bazar Samiti Chowk on NH-27 in Bihar’s Darbhanga district early Wednesday morning.
The four friends were returning home after attending a religious gathering when the accident occurred under the jurisdiction of the Mabbi police station. The truck driver fled the scene after the collision.
The deceased have been identified as Farish (15), Md. Istakhar (15) and Altaf Neyaz (16), all residents of Bakarganj Momin Tola under Laheriasarai police station.
The injured boy, also aged 16, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital near Delhi Mor.
According to local residents, the four boys had attended a religious gathering at a mosque in Bakarganj on Tuesday night. At around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, they set out for home on a single motorcycle.
The accident took place near Bazar Samiti Chowk, around eight km from their locality. A speeding truck travelling on the Darbhanga-Muzaffarpur road allegedly hit the motorcycle, running over all four occupants.
Three boys died on the spot, while the fourth suffered critical injuries. None of them was wearing a helmet, according to reports.
Md. Aqeel, an uncle of one of the deceased, said all four boys were residents of Bakarganj Momin Tola and studied at a madrasa. Their families were unaware they had taken a motorcycle out at night.
He said the families received information about the accident around 5.30 a.m. and were asked by the police to reach Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), where they identified the victims.
Aqeel said the truck and its driver had not yet been identified. The families have demanded an impartial investigation, recovery of the vehicle and immediate arrest of the driver.
The deaths triggered tension at DMCH, where a large number of family members and local residents gathered.
Security was strengthened around the hospital premises and the post-mortem facility to prevent any untoward incident. The bodies were brought to DMCH for postmortem examinations.
Police personnel from Mabbi, Vishwavidyalaya, Benta, Kotwali, Laheriasarai and Sadar police stations were deployed at the hospital.
–IANS
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