01 June,2019 02:35 PM IST | | mid-day online desk
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On June 1, 2019, in a tragic incident, four people were killed in a truck-bike collision near Muzaffarpur district in Bihar, the police said. The victims were residents of Dharampur village in Vaishali district and were heading back home when the accident took place. All of them were riding on the same bike.
Police in-charge R.K. Rakesh told the media that the four victims were from the same family.
In a similar incident which took place on May 27, 2019, a man and his pregnant wife were killed in a road accident when a truck hit their motorcycle in Maharashtra's Jalna district. The couple were on their way to a hospital when the speeding truck hit their two-wheeler at Gundewadi village.
While the man died on the spot, his wife, who received serious injuries, was rushed to a hospital where she succumbed during treatment. The deceased were identified as Yogesh Ganesh Bodkhe (25) and Pooja Yogesh Bodkhe (22) were residents of Janphel Misal village in Bhokardan tehsil. The truck driver was arrested and booked under relevant sections, he added.
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