Jharkhand: Three dead, 24 injured in road accident

The Ranchi-bound bus, which was coming from Bihar's Bakhtiyarpur, got hit by a trailer that lost control over brake failure, causing the accident in Chuttupalu Valley which is vulnerable to road accidents.

Ramgarh (Jharkhand): Three people, including a policeman, died, and more than 24 others were injured at a road accident in Chuttupalu Valley where a bus collided with a trailer on Tuesday.

According to sources, the Ranchi-bound bus was coming from Bihar's Bakhtiyarpur. The accident was triggered by the failure of the brake of the trailer that was coming from Ranchi. Eyewitnesses said it hit, damaged the divider, and struck the bus from the other lane. As a result, the bus and the trailer overturned. The occupant of the trailer also got trapped inside the damaged trailer.

After getting information about the accident, the police rushed to the spot and started relief work. The injured were sent to Ramgarh Sadar Hospital for treatment. The condition of some of the injured is said to be serious. Due to the accident, one lane of Ranchi-Ramgarh got jammed. The dead policeman was posted in Ranchi.

Locals said the NHAI employees reached the accident site an hour after the accident. By then, the Ramgarh Police sent the injured to the hospital. Chuttupalu Valley of Ramgarh is vulnerable to accidents that keep occurring here every day, they said.

After the accident, authorities restricted vehicular movements to one way in the area for avoiding the occurrence of similar incidents. Mishaps of large and medium scales have always kept authorities on tenterhooks to find ways to ensure road safety in the area. According to the latest available information, police were engaged in removing crashed vehicles with the help of cranes.