Two persons were killed when an unidentified vehicle rammed into their motorcycle in Nimiaghar's Giridih district, police said Sunday.
The accident occurred near Nimiaghat here Sunday morning, they said.
Two persons including a woman were going towards Dhanbad when the unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle, police said.
One unknown person died on the spot and a woman died during the course of treatment at Dumari Referral hospital. Their bodies were sent for post-mortem, police said.
Efforts are on to nab the absconding driver, police said. After the incident the local villagers blocked the road.
Sources said that after getting the information, Nimiaghat police station in-Charge Bikash Paswan also reached the spot along with the police personnel and tried to pacify the villagers who were blocking the road. After one hour the police succeeded in clearing the jam on National Highway 2 due to the efforts of the villagers.
Police said that the deceased bike rider and woman couldn't be identified.