3 killed in road mishap in Siwan village

PATNA: Three passengers including two minors were killed while 10 others sustained injuries when the bus in which they were travelling fell into a 10-foot deep roadside ditch on Siwan-Tarwara main road under Sarai police outpost in Siwan district on Saturday.
Quoting an eyewitness, Sadar SDPO Smita Suman said one of the front tyres of the bus burst and the driver lost balance of the bus.She said that the driver along with the cleaner jumped from the bus and escaped from there. The bus was on way to Siwan from Basantpur when the mishap took place, she added. The SDPO said the bus moved to some distance and then fell into a roadside ditch killing a girl on the spot while 12 other passengers sustained injuries. She said that the local police reached the spot immediately and admitted the injured passengers to Siwan Sadar Hospital where one of them died. "Had the driver stopped the bus immediately, the mishap could have been averted," she said and added that efforts were on to trace the driver, cleaner and owner of the bus.
Meanwhile, Sarai police outpost SHO J K Ravidas said that the deceased have been identified as Priya Kumari (18), Nitu Kumari (7) and Karishma (8 months). He said that while Priya died on the spot, two others succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.