At least four persons, including a circle officer, died and four others were injured in separate road accidents in Samastipur and East Champaran districts on Friday, police said.
Manavjit Singh Dhillon, superintendent of police (SP), Samastipur, said the circle officer Gopalganj’s Baikunthpur block, Rajesh Kumar Dubey, along with two others, was on his way to Baikunthpur from Bhagalpur when the incident took place at Gangapur under Musarigharari police station of the district late Friday evening.
“Prima facie, it appears their vehicle slipped due to rainwater on NH-28. He died on the spot,” the SP said, adding that one Ashok Kumar was critically injured in the accident while the driver sustained minor injuries.
In another incident, three persons died and two others sustained injuries when the driver of a car, carrying five persons, lost control over the vehicle and hit the railing of a bridge over Tilawe river on NH-28 (A) around 11.45 pm on Friday. “Prima facie, it looks like the accident occurred due to slippery roads amid heavy rain,” said Sagar Jha, subdivisional police officer of Raxaul. “The bodies have been sent for autopsy.”