Mirth over marriage turned into tears over death as two persons returning home after attending a wedding party died in a road accident when the car they were in slipped into a 50-metre gorge at lohari near Vikasnagar on late Thursday night. Informing about the accident, Vikasnagar circle officer SK Singh said on Friday that two others who were in the car had been injured in the mishap. The injured were admitted in the local government hospital in Vikasnagar.
The deceased have been identified as Dilip Singh, (48), resident of Jeevangarh, Vikasnagar and Sanjay Kumar Singh, (40) resident of Kalyanpur, Vikasnagar. The injured are Manoj, resident of Kalyanpur and Rajendra, resident of Vikasnagar.
Police sources said drunk driving might have caused the accident. The bodies were sent for postmortem and family members were informed.
Statistics revealed that 238 accidents have been reported at various places in the district by September 30 in which 95 died and 225 were seriously injured. All the accidents are supposed to have occurred due to drunk driving and rash driving.