Six kanwariyas killed as bus, truck collide in Deoghar
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Dumka: Six kanwariyas, including three women, died while two dozen others sustained injuries of varying degrees when the bus they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck at the Jamuniya turn under the Mohanpur police station of Deoghar district early on Tuesday morning.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chief minister Hemant Soren and other dignitaries took to X to condole the deaths and to express wishes for speedy recovery to the injured.
All deceased, except the driver identified as Subhash Turi (30) of Chakrama village under the Mohanpur police station of Deoghar district, belonged to different districts of neighbouring Bihar. The deceased were identified as Samada Devi (38), Suman Kumari (30), Durgavati Devi (45), Subhash Turi (30) (driver), Shivraj (17), and Devki Prasad (45).
Eyewitness accounts said the collision, which took place at about 5 am, was so intense that the driver fell off the vehicle, which skidded for another 100 feet before hitting a pile of bricks kept along the roadside and coming to an abrupt halt.
All the occupants of privately owned 32-seater bus were on their way to Basukinath, home to another famous Shiva temple in Dumka district, to pay offerings. They had boarded the vehicle from Deoghar after paying offerings at the Baba Baidyanath Dham.
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