Two persons were killed and two others were seriously injured when the auto they were travelling fell into a gorge on the Koeridih-Chichaki route near Ambadih under the Saria police station of Giridih district on Tuesday evening.
According to the officer-in charge of Saria police station, KN Singh, the 3-seater auto en route from Koeridih to Chichaki on high speed skidded off the road and fell into a 10 feet deep gorge in this remote district. The accident took place near Ambadih, 50 km from the district town , when the driver lost control of the auto due to a pothole on the road and the vehicle went down the gorge at around 5 pm , police said . The victim have been identified as Ramvirichh Das (35)and Sukhdeo Singh (60) of Ambadih area and the two other injured were rushed to the local nursing hospital their condition is critical The bodies of the deceased have been sent to Giridih Sadar hospital for autopsy.