Six people, including five relatives of late Sushant Singh Rajput, died while four others were injured in a road accident when they were returning to Jamui after cremating a family member in Patna early on 16th November. The one who was cremated, Geeta Devi (70), was the sister of Sushant’s brother-in-law, O.P. Singh. Those who died in the accident were Geeta Devi’s husband, Laljit Singh (75), his two sons, Amit Shekhar Singh alias Nomani Singh (52) and Ramchandra Singh (37), daughter, Baby Devi (40), and driver Pritam Kumar Singh (29).
The accident took place on NH-333A near Pipra village in Lakhisarai district around 6 a.m. when the SUV in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck loaded with empty LPG cylinders. The truck driver and co-driver escaped.