A joyride turned tragic for five students from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro when their car rammed into a divider, leaving two boys dead and three others students critically injured.
The accident took place at the Jai petrol pump area in the wee hours of Friday when the five students were on the way to coaching centre, Bokaro Steel city, sources said.
According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Aman Kumar (16) and Abhisek Kumar (14), while the three other injured students are Shereya Chirag, Om Priyansu and Parimal, all are in the age group of 14-16 years.
Officer in-Charge Chandra Mohan Hansda said, “We received a call at around 6:30 am about an accident near Jai Jawan petrol pump at sector-IV. The Wagon R was moving at high speed from sector-IV area to Pathalkata Chowk when it lost control and hit the divider before knocking down a iron pillar.”
A senior police officer said that as per local enquiry, all the five friends had gone to attend a coaching class in Pathalkata Chowk area and left at around 6 am. Aman, a resident of sector VIIID and Abhimanyu Kumar from Vastu Bihar phase-IV in Chas and were going to a coaching centre after a ride in Wagon R car with their friends Shereya Chirag, a resident of Chirachas , Om Priyansu from sector-II and Parimal also from Chirachas, all are students at Chinmaya school, B.S.City.
Witnesses and locals told police that soon as the car reached near petrol pump at sector IV, the driver Aman of the speeding vehicle lost control and it crashed into a divider. The speed of the vehicle was such that it overturned and tumbled down the road for a few meters.