Woman, her 2-year-old among 4 die in 2 Patna accidents

PATNA: Four persons, including a pregnant woman and her 2-year-old daughter, were crushed to death in two separate accidents in Patna district on Wednesday. The woman identified as Babita Devi, 25, and her daughter Nandani were run over by a truck on the Mahatma Gandhi Setu while two daily wagers were crushed to death by a car on NH-139 near village Pakrandha under Rani Talab police station area of Paliganj subdivision in western Patna.
Traffic DSP-II Mohammad Ali Ansari said Babita and Nandani were run over near pillar number 43 on Gandhi Setu under Zero Mile traffic police station area around 11.30am. Nandani’s body was decapitated. Babita’s husband Rakesh Kumar (27) was also critically injured and undergoing treatment at Hajipur Sadar hospital in Vaishali district. The family was on a bike on way from their native place at Tirasia in Hajipur to Phulwarisharif. Rakesh was carrying food for his mother, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Patna.
“Such was the scene that her body was beyond recognition. The child was decapitated after coming under the wheels,” Ansari said and added, “The driver was arrested.”
In the second accident, two daily wagers were killed and four others got injured after a speeding car ran over them and flipped several times near Pakrandha under Rani Talab police station area around 5am. The deceased were identified as Bajrangi Kumar and Saroj Kumar. Their four injured colleagues are Dilwar Kumar, Bimlesh Kumar, Vishwanath Kumar and Sunil Kumar, all below 35 years of age.
Rani Talab police station SHO Satish Kumar said the car driver and three passengers were also injured in the accident. “The driver managed to flee. The injured persons in the car and the six daily wagers were rushed to Bikram primary health centre from where they were referred to PMCH,” he said.
The daily wagers belonged to Tilakpura village in Aurangabad. Kumar said the car occupants had come to Babhankanpa to attend a wedding ceremony and were returning to Rukanpura in Patna.