Engr killed, 2 others hurt in road accident

PATNA: An electrical engineer of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Avinash Jha, was killed while two other engineers sustained injuries in a road mishap at Kalyanpur Mor village under the Athmalgola police station in Patna district on Sunday.
Police said that the mishap occurred when one of the tyres of the vehicle in which Jha along with the two NTPC engineers was travelling on deflated tyre and he continued to drive it.He lost control of the vehicle and it overturned thrice causing serious injuries to the trio, the police said and added that on getting information, the local police reached the spot and took them to a nearby hospital.
Athmalgola SHO Subhash Prasad said that Jha succumbed to his injuries midway while his two associates were admitted to a local hospital.
He said that the mishap occurred when the trio was returning to Pandarakbased NTPC plant after a visit to Bakhtiyarpur.