8 dead, 5 injured after Truck Hits Auto in Patna

Eight dead and five others seriously injured after a truck collided with an auto-rickshaw in Patna district on Saturday.

According to police, the incident occurred when a speeding truck hit an auto-rickshaw carrying devotees from Malama village in Nalanda district to Fatuha for bathing in the Ganga River around 6 a.m.

The impact was so severe that the auto was completely mangled. The fatal accident took place near the Shahjahanpur railway halt. Local villagers immediately alerted



police, who rushed to the scene and began relief and rescue operations.

The injured were first taken to a nearby hospital and later referred to Patna’s Nalanda Medical College and Hospital. Eyewitnesses said that the truck driver fled the scene with the vehicle soon after the accident.

Police have launched a search operation to trace the driver. They are scanning the CCTV footage of the highway to trace the truck and its driver. The Patna police are trying to identify the deceased.