SPEEDING SCORPIO FELL INTO RIVER GANGA IN BUXAR

SPEEDING SCORPIO FELL INTO RIVER GANGA IN BUXAR

4-JULY-ENG 1

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

BUXAR--------------------------A tragic road accident took place on the old Veer Kunwar bridge connecting Bihar and UP on Friday. The speeding Scorpio went out of control, broke the railing of the bridge and fell into the river Ganga. The rescue operation was going on since the accident. A mobile phone has also been recovered from the Scorpio, which is said to be of Harsh Singh (22 years), son of Shashi Singh. It is suspected that Harsh was also in the Scorpio at the time of the accident. The SDRF and divers are now conducting a search operation in the Ganga to find him.

After about ten hours of hard work, the rescue team pulled the Scorpio out of the Ganga on Saturday morning with the help of two cranes. The body of a young man was recovered from the vehicle, who was identified as Arjun Singh alias Jhamu (22 years), son of Sanjay Singh, a resident of Dullhapur village of Simri police station area. Arjun was pulled out of the Ganga at night and was immediately taken to Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

As soon as the news of the accident was received, angry villagers blocked NH-84 and started shouting slogans against the administration. After getting the information, the officials who arrived removed the blockade by persuading the people and appealed to the people for cooperation. The administration has started investigating the case and the search for the other missing youth is also going on.