Date:02/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010253330300.htm

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One killed in accident

Begusarai: One person was killed and a dozen were injured when six vehicles collided with each other due to dense fog on National Highway-31 near Rahua village under Sahebpur Kamal police station area of Bihar’s Begusarai district on Thursday, police said. SHO Ranjan Kumar said that the accident occurred when a speeding truck, on its way to Khagaria from Begusarai, hit another truck standing on the highway due to dense fog. To see what has happened, the cleaner of another truck got down of his vehicle but in the meantime, the cleaner Nandan Kumar was crushed to death by another sand laden truck, consequently the other vehicles on the road also got smashed with the vehicles.