Five killed as car rams into truck in Patna

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    Patna, Sep 4 (PTI) Five people were killed when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a truck in Parsa Bazar locality of Patna, police said on Thursday.
    The deceased have been identified as Rajesh Kumar (50), Sanjay Kumar Sinha (55), Kamal Kishor (37), residents of Patna, Prakash Chaurasia (35) from Samastipur and Sunil Kumar (38) from Muzaffarpur.
    Sanjay Kumar Sinha was the owner of the car. Barring him, the others were associated with a Bengaluru-based pesticide firm.
    The incident took place around 11 pm on Wednesday near Swetha Mode under the jurisdiction of Parsa Bazar police station.
    Speaking to PTI, Sadar-2 Sub-Divisional Police Officer Ranjan Kumar said, "All five occupants, including the driver, of the car died on the spot. It seems the car driver could not spot the truck and rammed his vehicle into it."
    The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and the truck has been seized, he said.

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