Mail News Service
Seraikela, April 27: Two persons died in the head-on collision of two trucks on the Hata-Chaibasa main road under Rajnagar police station area on Wednesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Ashok Kumar Mahato (25), a resident of Turudih in Bokaro, and Kanda Sardar (50), resident of Lakhansai village of East Singhbhum. The two were drivers of the trucks that collided today.
Sources said the mishap occurred around 4.30 pm when the two trucks rammed into each other at high speed. Both vehicles were shattered in the impact. Their drivers were critically injured in the incident. They succumbed to injuries while the cleaners accompanying them were seriously injured in the incident, sources said.
According to information, one of the trucks carried iron ore and was headed to Rungta Plant in Chaibasa while the other truck was coming towards Hata without load. Near Rola in Rajnagar, both trucks came face to face and collided at breakneck speed. Their drivers got stuck in the steering wheel. They were taken out by local residents with the help of police and taken to Rajnagar Community Health Centre (CHC). Ashok died during treatment while Kanda died at the scene.
Police sent the bodies of the two drivers to Seraikela for postmortem examination and seized the two trucks.
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