BETTIAH, Nov. 30 -- At least five people died and eight others were injured after a speeding truck crushed them and rammed into six motorbikes and an e-rickshaw at Dipau Mor near Kotwa in Bihar's East Champaran district on Sunday afternoon.

Soon after the accident, a high drama unfolded at Dipau Mor on NH -27, the main artery which connects New Delhi with Kathmandu, after the angry villagers blocked the national highway and torched a vehicle of the national high authority of India (NHAI), creating ruckus for hours. In neighbouring West Champaran, a motorcyclist and his pillion rider died after their motorbike collided with a tree near Manuwapul on outskirts of Bettiah, taking the death toll to seven in Champaran region.

Confirming five ...