Jamshedpur: Three women of a family from Chhattisgarh were killed and two others were critically injured after their car collided head-on with a trailer on the Chaibasa-Seraikela road in West Singhbhum district early on Tuesday, a day after another crash involving a heavy vehicle claimed three lives in Ramgarh.Police said the trailer was allegedly travelling on the wrong side when it rammed into the car near the Kudapadi downhill stretch under Hatgamharia police station limits.The impact killed three occupants on the spot. The deceased were identified as Amrit Kaur (45), Amandeep Kaur (15), and Amrit Kaur (11). Two others — Pradip Singh (57) and Harman Kaur (6) — sustained serious injuries and were admitted to a private hospital. A nine-month-old boy travelling with the family escaped unhurt.According to police, the family, residents of Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh, was on its way to Jamshedpur when the accident occurred. The trailer driver fled after the collision.Hatgamharia police station officer in-charge Uttam Tiwary said the exact sequence of events would be established during investigation. “Prima facie, the accident appears to have occurred due to a head-on collision. However, the exact circumstances leading to the accident will be ascertained during a detailed investigation,” he said.The accident comes a day after three members of a family were killed in a car-heavy vehicle collision in Ramgarh’s Chutupalu Valley. They were travelling from Ranchi to Hazaribag for a family reunion ahead of Durga Puja.
