Three persons, including a girl, were killed and another was injured after a motorbike carrying them was first hit by a truck and then by a bus in the process of overtaking the two-wheeler on a bridge over Kosi river.
All the four occupants of the bike were taken to the Sadar hospital at Purnea where three of them -- Subodh Thakur, Ajay Thakur (both in 20s) and Sunita Kumari (12) -- died while Munna Thakur was battling for life, the police said.
The deceased were identified as Anup Lal Mandal and Pankaj Kumar, and the injured man was admitted to a hospital at Purnea.
In another accident, a jeep hit a motorcycle near Kabir Ashram on state highway-31 killing Dharmvir Kumar (28) riding it on the spot, the police said.