Gulf Today Report
Six people, including five distant relatives of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, were killed when their SUV collided with a truck in Bihar's Lakhisarai district on Tuesday morning, police said.
Four other people were injured in the crash.
The SUV was severely damaged due to the impact of the collision.
The truck driver and the rescuer managed to escape.
People gather around the mangled SUV at the accident site in Lakhisarai, Bihar.
Police said the victims, including two women, were returning from Patna to Jamui after the cremation of Haryana's Deputy Director General of Police OP Singh’s sister.
Singh is married to Sushant Singh's sister.
The victims have been identified as Laljeet Singh (husband of the deceased woman), Nemani Singh, Amit Shankar alias Ram Chandra Singh, Sunita Devi, Anita Devi and driver Chetan Kumar.
Two of the injured have been identified as Valmiki Singh and Prasad Kumar, Halsi Circle Officer manager Vivek Kumar said.
Sushant poses for a picture with family members. File
The injured were first admitted to the Sikandara Subdivision Hospital, then transferred to the Patna Medical College Hospital.
“As the SUV is badly mutilated from the intense impact, we use wire cutters to extract the bodies.
The injured have already been taken to Sadar hospital, where their condition is believed to be critical, ”added Vivek Kumar.