Jamshedpur : A young couple dies in a mishap as the bike they were riding was hit by an unknown heavy vehicle on Kandra-Chowka Road under Chowkapolice station area in Seraikela-Kharsawan district this morning.The victims were identified as Doman Mardi (22) and Biroti Mardi (20), both residents of Dugdha village in Gamharia.
In the mishap 17-year-old boy, Doman’s brother-in-law was also injured and is
admitted at the Tata Main Hospital.The mishap took place near GhorababaMandir
while the victims were returning home from Chowka.
OC, Chowkapolice station Ratan Kumar Singh said that the mishap victims were
found on the road by a patrolling party.
“The police team was sohcked to see all the three victims lying on the
road between a distance of 50 metres. Also lying on the spot was a
damaged motorcycle. We called in an ambulance from Kandra and rushed him
directly to the Tata Main Hospital,” said Singh.
The OC said as per their investigation it seems that it was a multi-axle truck
or a trailer that might have hit the bikers. He said as there was no
eye-witness of the mishap, the police will have to face difficulty in tracing
the killer vehicle.
Sources said heavy vehicles coming out of industrial units of Adityapur are the
worst offenders. Instead of keeping 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. �There are
no traffic rules on the road. Drivers have to be alert throughout the stretch
and dodge vehicles coming from the wrong side,� said a senior official of
Gamharia based company.He said that the administration must work out on a
mechanism for streamlining the traffic system. Heavy vehicles coming out of
industrial units are the worst offenders. A strict vigil must be kept on the
movement.
