Three Cops Die in Jharkhand Road Accident

Ranchi, Dec 20 – Three policemen died and nine others were injured Sunday after the mini-bus they were travelling in collided with a truck in Giridih district of Jharkhand, authorities said.

‘Twelve cops were returning in a mini-bus to Giridih district from Garwah after doing duty in the fifth and final phase of assembly polls. The mini-bus collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction near Bagodar of Giridih district Sunday morning,’ a police officer told IANS.

All the policemen were posted in Giridih district and they had been sent to Garwah for election duty Friday.

In the accident, three assistant sub-inspector rank police officers were killed.

Nine cops were injured and have been admitted to a local hospital where the condition of three is said to be serious.

Bagodar is around 160 km from Ranchi.

Posted by Vamban on Dec 20, 2009 @ 12:49 PM Filed under National. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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