Seven persons, including four children, were killed and four others got injured today seriously when a jeep overturned after dashing against a tree in Manopali Pipra village of Saran district, the police said.
A marriage party which was returning home from Sahsar village under Bhagwanpur police station early this morning met with an accident when the driver lost control over the vehicle due to sleep and dashed against the tree resulting in death of seven persons on the spot, Station House Officer (SHO) of Baniyapur police station Raghunath Prasad said.
Four persons who were injured in the incident have been admitted to a nearby Sadar hospital for treatment.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is on a tour of Saran district to canvass for JD(U) candidate in Maharajganj Lok Sabha by-poll, condoled the deaths in the accident.
Those killed were identified as Shivnath Raut (50), Ganga Raut(45), Ravindra Raut(25), Perveen Kumar (13), Jogendra Raut (15), Shashi Kumar (12) and Shivam (9).
