Patna: Two people died and four more injured critically after the car hit them on the NH-30 service lane near the narangpur under the Ramkrishna Nagar police station on Patna about 5.45 in the morning on Tuesday.
The car came from Dhanbad at Jharkhand and went to Saguna Mor in Danapur.
Ramkrishna Nagar Sho Jehangir Khan said the deceased was identified as Ghanshyam Trivedi (70) from Soranpur and Ashok Kumar (45) Sipara.
“The critical injured person is Arun Manikan, Krishna Prasad, Dheeraj Kumar and his son Prince Kumar.
They rushed to the nearest hospital for treatment.
Ghanshyam died at that place while Ashok gave up on an injury on his way to PMCH,” he said.
The IRAT MOB beat two car residents – Gopal Kumar Singh (26) and the driver of Rajesh Azad (40) – and detained them at the nearest temple.
The crowd also damaged the police car and injured two police officers when they arrived there to take the Gopal and Rajesh.
The other two traveling in the car have managed to escape.
Later, the strengthening of three neighboring police stations reached a place to control the situation.
Sho said a FIR was registered at the Traffic Police Station near Gandhi Maidan, while Separate FIR was registered at the Ramkrishna Nagar police station for mass violence.
Traffic police station Sho Ashok Kumar said the car was suddenly dear when the driver tried to save a scooter.
“It hit the betel kiosk and cigarettes and ran over those who stood there,” he said.
Kumar said The Scooter Rider was also injured in the accident.
Kumar said the driver was arrested and the car was confiscated.
He said Azad went to Dhanbad to see his father who was sick Bhuwaneshwar Azad settled there.
He returned home when the accident occurred.