India News | CM Nitish Kumar Condoles Loss of Lives in Bihar's Bakhtiyarpur Accident

Patna (Bihar) [India], July 16 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed his condolences after six people lost their lives in a road accident in the Bakhtiyarpur police station area of Patna in Bihar, on Tuesday morning.

"Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed deep condolences on the death of six people in a road accident situated on the Bakhtiyarpur-Biharsharif road under the Bakhtiyarpur police station of Barh subdivision. The incident is extremely sad," the Chief Minister Office stated.

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As many as six people were killed and five others injured after a car collided with a truck on the national highway in the Bakhtiyarpur police station area of Patna in Bihar.

"Today morning, information was received about the road accident on the national highway in the Bakhtiyarpur police station area, where a car collided with a truck parked on the road. A total of 11 people were in the car," Abhishek Singh, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Barh-2, said.

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He further said that a total of six people lost their lives in the accident and others are under medical treatment.

"5 injured people are undergoing treatment. A postmortem of the body is being done. The incident is being investigated based on CCTV footage, forensic evidence and other technical analysis. Law and order are normal," he added.

Further investigation is underway. (ANI)

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