Jamshedpur : In a major road mishap a 50-year-old man was killed on the spot as the victim was hit by a speeding oil tanker near Sakchi roundabout on Monday. The victim was identified as Sitaram Prasad, a resident of Ramjanam Nagar in Kadma.
The mishap took place when Sitaram had stopped near Sakchi roundabout to see his elder son Dharmendra who was coming from the MGM Medical College and Hospital.
His daughter in law was pregnant and was having labour pain. She was admitted to the government medical college hospital in Sakchi yesterday, but as the gynaecologist referred the pregnant woman to Tata Main Hospital.
Raju Prasad, the younger son of the mishap victim said, ” We are in state of shock. My father was coming along the auto-rickshaw, but an oil tanker which was coming from the Mango end hit my father, causing him to die on the spot.”
Raju said as soon as the mishap took place, his brother arrived at the spot to see father dead. He said the tanker driver fled the spot after the mishap.
The police recovered the body and sent it to the MGM Medical College mortuary. The police are searching for the oil tanker that caused the accident.
Officer-in-charge, Sakchi police station, Gopal Singh said that as the mishap took place within the range of a CCTV camera post, the police traced the oil tanker’s number from the footages of the CCTV monitor and seized the truck and arrested the driver from near petrol depot in Burmamines.
Although the traffic department has put up hoardings at several thoroughfares across the city as part of its bid to spread traffic rule awareness among people, particularly teenagers, there has not been much effect of the exercise. �The rising cases of road accidents are a matter of great concern.
We are trying to hard to educate people thorough different ways. We have put these hoardings with the help of private agencies.
Like in past we are also planning to observe Safety Month in association with SAFE Club in order to inculcate the importance of safety among the youths,� said a police official.
