AN OLD PERSON KILLED

AN OLD PERSON KILLED

21-AUG-ENG 3

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA-------------------------An old person was killed when a seeding tractor dashed an auto-rickshaw near Eastern Railway crossing under Nawada police station in the night on August 20, 2023. The auto-driver was also injured in the accident. Later the police recovered the body and brought it to the Ara Sadar Hospital for postmortem and admitted the injured there. The tractor driver escaped from the scene leaving the tractor behind after the incident. The deceased was identified as Bharat Prasad Kesari 60 of Bahiro village under Nawada police station. The deceased was a greengrocer. The injured auto driver was identified as Rustam Mahato 20 son of Ajay Mahato of Bahiro village.

Rustam Mahato was going to Ara railway station with his auto-rickshaw from his village Bahiro and his co-villager Bharat Prasad Kesari also accompanied him. When they reached the Ara railway crossing, a speeding tractor dashed the auto-rickshaw from behind and injured them. The locals rushed them to the Ara Sadar Hospital but Bharat Prasad Kesari succumbed to his injuries on way to the hospital.