Title - Jeep collides with train engine, 5 die

MOTIHARI : Five members of a wedding party of Inrawa village were killed and four other injured severely on Wednesday night when a jeep they were travelling in collided with a rail engine at an unmanned level crossing near Amodei village between Ramgarhwa and Dharminia stations in Raxaul-Sugauli section of East Central railway.
According to Ramgarhwa police, the jeep got stuck to the rail engine and was dragged for 200 metres. Sugauli rail police said the accident took place at 9 pm on Wednesday night when the engine was coming from Raxaul to Sugauli. P N Jha, senior divisional security officer of Samastipur division, reached the spot with a team of doctors and other personnel in a relief train.
Rajesh Manjhi , SHO of Sugauli rail police station, said while Shamim Ahmad (26), Rajesh Thakur (28), Vinod Sah (30) and Nandu Baitha (28) died at the spot, one Jitendra Sah succumbed to his injury in Duncan hospital of Raxaul on Thursday. Ramakant Chaurasia, Suraj Sah, Sujit Kumar and Firoz are admitted in the hospital and their condition is improving, according to attending doctors. Nandu Baitha, driver of the jeep who was killed, hailed from Nepal. Raghunath Thakur of Inrawa said they were going to Sirkhandi village near Sugauli from Inrawa. Luckily, the jeep of the bridegroom escaped accident.