Four killed, three injured as pick up van ploughs into them

A pickup van rammed into four people waiting for a bus by the roadside on Saturday. They died while three others were injured in the accident.

Dumka (Jharkhand): Four persons, including two women, were killed and three others suffered injuries when a pickup van ploughed into them on Saturday while they were waiting for a bus in Jharkhand's Dumka district, police said.

Dumka district Superintendent of Police Y S Ramesh said the incident occurred when the people were standing by the roadside, waiting for a bus, at Jamjori village under Masalia police station limits.

The four persons, all from Jamjori, died on the spot, he said. Deputy Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar said that the injured -- two women and a boy, also from Jamjori -- have been admitted to the Dumka Sadar Hospital. Their condition is stated to be serious.

The driver of the pickup van has been taken into custody, Kumar said. The bodies were sent for post-mortem, he added.