Jamshedpur, Nov. 20: Three persons were injured in two separate road mishaps that took place on the Kadma-Sonari marine drive in Sonari and on Tata-Kandra Road in Adityapur this morning.
Two of the injured were admitted at Tata Main Hospital, another was taken to the MGM Medical College and Hospital. The condition of the victim admitted at the MGM Medical College and Hospital is said to be critical.
The first accident took place at about 6.30 a.m. when two cars collided at the Kadma crossing on the marine drive, causing the drivers of both the cars to sustain varying degrees of injuries. According to sources, the mishap occurred as one car was coming at top gear towards Sonari from the Sakchi end of the marine drive and hit the other car which was coming from Kadma crossing.
The injured have been identified as Nikhil Kumar Dutta (45) and Charanjit Saini (37) and they are admitted at the Tata Main Hospital.
Officer-in-charge, Sonari police station, Suman Anand said that both the cars have been seized.
The other mishap took place at Kandra on Tata-Kandra Road when a speeding dumper hit a 35-year-old man on his bicycle after hitting a tree close to the Adityapur industrial hub at about 8 a.m. today. The dumper driver fled the spot leaving the victim.
The sprawling Tata-Kandra Road four-lane has virtually turned into a ‘death trap,’ considering the number of causalities reported during the last 18 months. Ever since the Tata-Kandra Road became operational in 2014, several mishaps have taken resulting to 186 casualties, while over 200 sustained serious injuries.
Sources said that heavy vehicles coming out of industrial units of Adityapur are the worst offenders. Instead of keeping to the left and then taking a U-turn after a kilometre or so, these trucks hurtle down the wrong side, facing oncoming traffic and risking the lives of hundreds on two or four-wheelers.
