Police suspect the incident occurred when the truck driver lost control and rammed into the auto-rickshaw, carrying 14 passengers, that was coming from the opposite direction
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Apr 23, 2021, 14:08 PM IST
Patna: At least 15 people died on Friday (April 23) when a pick-up van carrying them fell from a pontoon bridge into river Ganga in Patna s Danapur locality in the morning in Bihar.
District Magistrate Chandrasekhar Singh said the driver of the vehicle with around 13 people on board lost control of it while crossing the Peepa Pul in Akihpur area.
The pick-up van was carrying members of a family returning from a marriage function at Akhipur to their Chitrakut Nagar residence in Danapur. The incident took place around 7.30 am, he said.
Singh announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of the dead. BJP Lok Sabha member and former union minister Ramkripal Yadav reached the spot and supervised rescue operations.