Bokaro: A 45-year-old man was killed and two others were injured after their car rammed into a moving trailer near Nimatand village in Giridih district on Sunday night.Police said the impact of the collision was so severe that the car got wedged beneath the trailer. The trailer driver allegedly did not stop and drove for nearly 6km, dragging the trapped vehicle till Manjhiladih village. He later abandoned the trailer and fled.The deceased was identified as Mahesh Yadav, who was driving the car. The injured — Bhuvneshwar Yadav and Banshi Yadav, both in their 30s — were rescued from the mangled vehicle after residents spotted the car stuck under the trailer and alerted police.Birni police station officer in-charge Akash Bhardwaj reached the spot with a team. Police, with the help of villagers, used hammers to break open the damaged car and pull out the occupants. Mahesh had died by the time they were extricated.The injured told police they were returning home from Keshwari under Sariya police station limits when the accident took place near Nimatand.“An excavator was brought to separate the car from the trailer. The operation took considerable effort,” Bhardwaj said.Police seized both vehicles and launched a search for the absconding trailer driver. The incident triggered panic among villagers, who gathered at the spot.
