Four persons were killed and three others seriously injured when a truck collided with a car and then rammed into a tea stall in Bihar's Katihar district in the early hours of Monday.
The accident took place when the urea-laden truck hit the car, coming from the opposite direction on NH 31, and then rammed into the roadside stall, Kursela Police Station SHO Chittaranjan Kumar said.
The truck was on its way to Purnea while the car was proceeding to Khagaria when the incident occurred between 2AM to 4AM, near a State Bank of India branch on Kursela chowk.
Two persons of a family, who were travelling in the car, died on the spot while two others of the same family were injured, he said.
The tea seller of the roadside shop died on the spot while another person, standing at the tea shop, was seriously injured, the SHO said.
The driver of the car was also among the deceased, the SHO said.
The injured were initially rushed to Kursela primary health centre from where the doctors referred them to Purnea and Siliguri.
The deceased have been identified as Akash Kumar Singh (22), Baby Kumari (45), tea seller Dino Mandal (55) and the driver of the car, the SHO said.
All the four bodies have been sent to Katihar sadar hospital for post-mortem, he said.
The truck driver fled the spot.
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