At least six persons died in two road accidents in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum and Giridih on Friday, police said.
The incidents occurred at Baharagora in East Singhbhum and Badkitand in Giridih.
A car travelling from Kolkata to Jamshedpur rammed into the rear of a heavy vehicle near Jharia More on National Highway-18 in East Singhbhum district in the early hours of Friday, killing three persons, a police officer said.
“Their bodies were extricated from the mangled vehicle,” he said.
Later in the day, the bodies were sent for post-mortem to Ghatshila Sub-Divisional Hospital.
Giridih SP Vimal Kumar told PTI that a passenger vehicle collided with a speeding truck near Badkitand forest along the Giridih-Dhanbad Main Road, leading to the death of three persons on the spot, and leaving six others injured.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem at Giridih Sadar Hospital.
{{/usCountry}}The bodies have been sent for post-mortem at Giridih Sadar Hospital.
{{/usCountry}}The injured were undergoing treatment in hospital.