6 killed as lorry falls into ditch in Bihar.Byline: ANI Jamui (Bihar), June 7 (ANI): At least six labourers died and nine others left wounded, five of them critically, when a lorry carrying them fell into a ditch on Bestitand-Simartala road near Bela village in Bihar's Jamui district Jamui district is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India, and Jamui town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jamui district is a part of Munger Division. The district headquarters are located at Jamui. on Sunday. The lorry was carrying around 38 to 40 labourers who were to reach Birajpur village from Chakai for some construction work. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the police, the incident took place when the lorry's driver lost its control over it while overtaking o·ver·take tr.v. o·ver·took , o·ver·tak·en , o·ver·tak·ing, o·ver·takes 1. a. To catch up with; draw even or level with. b. To pass after catching up with. 2. a bus near Bela. One labourer died on the spot while five others succumbed to their injuries at the Chakai Referral Hospital in the district. The injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. were rushed to a hospital in neighbouring Deoghar of Jharkhand where condition of five injured was stated to be critical. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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