Patna: A 36-year-old businessman and former MP Santosh Kushwaha’s cousin died after his SUV crashed through a bridge railing and plunged nearly 40 feet into the Saura river under the Sadar police station area in Purnia on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Bablu Biswas (36), a resident of Prabhat Colony in the K Hat police station area.According to eyewitnesses, the SUV was approaching the Saura river bridge from the market side at high speed when the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle. The SUV smashed through the protective railing and fell into the river below.Police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel launched a rescue operation. With the help of local residents, rescuers pulled Biswas out of the submerged vehicle and rushed him to a private hospital, where doctors declared him dead. The vehicle was recovered from the river with the help of a crane after an operation that lasted around one-and-a-half hours.Kushwaha confirmed the death and described the incident as tragic. He said the vehicle had apparently gone out of control before plunging into the river and that Biswas died after drowning. “Bablu Biswas had his own business and a car showroom. He was returning home from the market when the accident occurred,” Kushwaha said.Sadar SDPO Abhinav Parashar said the SUV had fallen into the river after crashing through the bridge railing and that one person died in the accident. He added that the vehicle had been recovered and the body sent for postmortem examination. Police said further investigation was underway to ascertain the exact circumstances leading to the accident.
