Two persons were killed on the spot, while three got seriously injured when a Bolero jeep, in which they were travelling, skidded off the road at the culvert near Shankardih village on NH-2 and plunged into a deep gorge here on Sunday morning, police said.
According to reports the ill-fated vehicle was on its way to Dhanbad from Bagodar in high speed, when the driver lost control over the steering and it landed into a gorge at Shankardih aria under the Nimiaghat police station of the district resulting on the deaths.
The victim are identified as Anju yadav (26), Ashok Yadav (25), both were son of Sagar Yadav and Rewati Yadav belonging to Bagodardih village while three got injured were Ranjit Yadav, Vicky Yadav and Rajesh Kumar. The injured are being treated at Meena Hospital, Dumari police said .
After getting information, police and local villagers rushed to the spot and launched operation to evacuate the dead and injured from the area. A casein this regard has been registered at Nimiaghat police station and investigation started.