Truck Rams Stationary Van In Jharkhand, 14 killed and 5 injured

At least five people died, and 14 were injured after a truck rammed a stationary pick-up van in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Monday, police said.The pick-up van was carrying 19 people from Giridih to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, an official said.

According to police, the



vehicle had made a pit-stop at Mahanetand near Danua valley around 10.30 am when a truck hit it from behind, killing five people on the spot. Chouparan police station in-charge Pankaj Kumar said the 14 injured people have been admitted to Hazaribag and Barhi hospitals, and three of them were in a critical state.