30 April,2026 02:18 PM IST | Khagaria (Bihar) | mid-day online correspondent
The CISF official had returned home on leave. Representational Pic/File
Three people, including a CISF personnel, lost their lives after a truck carrying stone chips overturned and fell onto an autorickshaw in Khagaria district of Bihar on Thursday, police said, reported the PTI.
The accident took place near Gauchhari village under the Maheshkhunt police station limits when the truck driver reportedly lost control, causing the vehicle to topple onto its side.
The deceased have been identified as Bipin Chaurasia, his wife Deepmala Chaurasia, and the autorickshaw driver Tankesh Muni, Superintendent of Police Rakesh Kumar confirmed.
Bipin Chaurasia was serving with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and had returned home on leave.
According to officials, the CISF personnel and his wife were travelling to a railway station to return to his place of posting when the accident occurred. Their autorickshaw was crushed under the overturned truck.
Police said the bodies have been sent to a local hospital for post-mortem examination. Further investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the accident.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a Mumbai Police constable was killed after a heavy piling rig collapsed on him at an under-construction flyover site on the Sion-Panvel Highway in Mankhurd area, officials said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on Tuesday night along the northbound carriageway of the Sion-Panvel Highway, they said.
The deceased cop was identified as Santosh Gopal Chavan, who was returning home on his motorcycle when the accident took place.
He was attached to Nehru Nagar Police Station and was on deputation to the east control room in Chembur at the time.
According to police, a piling rig used for drilling foundation piles suddenly toppled at the construction site and struck the constable, reported the PTI.
Preliminary findings suggest that the machinery may have been placed on unstable ground, which could have led to the collapse.
Chavan sustained serious injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead.
The incident comes amid a series of construction-related accidents in Mumbai. On April 15, a mobile crane toppled during Mumbai Metro construction in the Bandra-Kurla Complex, though no injuries were reported.
Earlier in February, one person was killed and three others injured after a girder slab from an under-construction Mumbai Metro line collapsed on vehicles in the Mulund area.
(with PTI inputs)
