A woman was killed and six others injured after their over speeding SUV dashed into a tree on the Bhabua-Mohania road in Bihar’s Kaimur district late Thursday.
The woman and the injured persons, all residents of Nalanda and Nawada districts in Bihar, were returning home after visiting Varanasi and the famous Mundeshwari Bhawani temple in Kaimur, police said.
Station House Officer (SHO) Ramanand Mandal said the driver lost control of the vehicle as it reached a mosque in Babura village and hit a tree.
Fortunately, no one was present outside the mosque, which usually remains busy, otherwise, several people could have been injured or killed, said police.
Locals present at the spot said the collision was so strong that the bonnet of the SUV blew and the tree fell. They said, fortunately, airbags opened in time otherwise no one could have survived.
Police informed families of the deceased and injured. The body was handed to the family after postmortem , said police.
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