PATNA: A doctor couple lost their lives in a tragic road accident near a toll plaza under the Sarai police station area of Vaishali district early Saturday morning, officials said.
The accident occurred amid dense fog when their car rammed into a parked container truck on the highway. The deceased have been identified as Dr Jitendra Prasad (50) and his wife (45), both posted at Araria Sadar Hospital.
The couple were residents of Patna district and were returning home from Araria at the time of the incident.
According to Sarai police station in-charge Mani Bhushan Kumar, the accident took place at 4.15 a.m. on the Muzaffarpur-Patna highway. Due to extremely poor visibility caused by fog, the car collided with a container truck that was parked on the left side of the road. The truck driver fled the spot immediately after the collision.