IMPHAL, December 20: Road accidents at separate places have claimed three lives including a government officer on duty.
A Section Officer of the PWD on duty was killed in a road accident this morning at around 11:30, after he was hit by a Tata truck while he was conducting a road survey at Bhinpra under Kangpokpi police station.
A mother and her child were also injured during the said accident.
The deceased has been identified as Biakthang, 51, son of Sandam, a resident of New Checkon.
According to police, the cause of the accident could be due to the failure of the truck’s steering.
The dead body was handed over to his family after a post mortem was conducted at RIMS morgue.
Meanwhile, in a hit and run case, a 50-year-old man was hit by a vehicle at North AOC on December 18 at around 7 pm.
According to an eyewitness, the vehicle could be a Mahindra Bolero or a Scorpio jeep and it sped away after hitting the man.
The victim has been identified as MA Nganaomei, 50, a resident of New Tusom village, Ukhrul district.
He succumbed to his injuries last night at Raj Polyclinic, where he was admitted after the accident.
His dead body was handed over to his family members today after a post mortem was conducted at RIMS.
In another accident case, a 60-year-old man who was hit by a Bajaj Pulsar bike bearing registration number MN-0B5-1538 on November 28 at around 11 am at Sabungkhok Maning Leikai under Lamlai police station, died today.
According to a source, he was treated at Shija hospital for a long time after the accident and was discharged home.
But today at around 1:30 pm his health condition deteriorated and he was rushed to JNIMS, but succumbed on the way.
The deceased has been identified as Moirangthem Nimai, 60, son of M Yaima, a resident of Sabungkhok Maning Leikai.
His death body was handed over to his family members after a post mortem was conducted at JNIMS morgue today.