6 Kanwariyas Dead, 23 Hurt in Jharkhand Road Accident
The accident occurred near the Jamuniya forest under the Mohanpur Police Station limits around 4.30 am when the bus collided with the vehicle, an officer said.
Ranchi: At least six Kanwariyas were killed and 24 injured on Tuesday when their bus collied with a truck carrying cooking gas cylinders, in Jharkhand's Deoghar district. Following the collision, the bus driver fell off the vehicle, and the bus, without anyone behind the wheel, continued moving for some time and stopped after hitting a stack of bricks, Dumka zone inspector-general Shailendra Kumar Sinha said.
The accident occurred around 5.30 am near the Jamuniya forest under the Mohanpur police limits. Eight of the 24 injured have been shifted to AIIMS, Deoghar, while the remaining are undergoing treatment at Sadar Hospital, Deoghar deputy commissioner Naman Priyesh Lakra said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences to the families of the devotees who lost their lives in the accident.
“The road accident that occurred in Deoghar, Jharkhand, is extremely tragic. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the devotees who lost their lives in this incident. May God grant them the strength to bear this pain. Along with this, I pray for the speedy recovery of all the injured,” the Prime Minister said on X.
MP Nishikant Dubey, in a post on X, claimed that 18 Kanwariyas lost their lives in the accident. The police later placed the toll at six, while the condition of two of the injured as serious.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren condoled the death of the Kanwariyas and said a rescue operation was being conducted by the district administration there.
Deoghar sub-divisional Officer Ravi Kumar said the Kanwariyas were on their way to the Basukinath temple.
As per the Deogarh civil surgeon, , those who died included bus driver Subhash Turi, and Suman Kumari from Gaya, Piyush, Vaishali, Durgawati Devi and Janki Devi from Bettiah