Two killed, another injured in house collapse

A woman and a baby girl were killed and another was injured when a thatched house collapsed at a village under Aurai police station in Muzaffarpur district, a police officer said today.

The incident took place last night in Yadav-Rasulpur village when Mahadev Rai's house collapsed burying alive his wife Lalo Devi (60) and a four year-old girl while another girl Manisha (7) sustained injuries, Aurai police station in-charge Rameshwar Yadav said.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and the injured girl admitted to a Primary Health Centre, he said.