Patna, Nov 25 || At least five people were killed on the spot and two others seriously injured in a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a truck in Bihar's Sheikhpura district on Tuesday.
The accident occurred near Maninda village on the Sheikhpura–Sikandra Road, part of National Highway 33A.
Baliram Kumar Choudhary, SP of Sheikhpura district, confirmed the accident and said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination at the Sadar Hospital, where the process was underway.
The collision was so devastating that the auto-rickshaw was completely mangled, forcing rescuers to use a JCB machine to retrieve the bodies trapped inside, the SP said.
Eyewitnesses reported that the auto-rickshaw was travelling towards Sheikhpura city when a truck, allegedly coming from the wrong direction at high speed, lost control and hit the passenger vehicle.