In two road mishaps, two persons were killed and a nine-year-old boy was seriously injured at Tata-Chaibasa State Highway No 5 in Rajnagar and NH-33 at Dhalbhumgarh police station areas on Sunday.
A 40-year-old man was killed on the spot and his nine-year-old son was seriously injured when the bike they were riding from Jumal village in Rajnagar to Jamshedpur was hit by a speeding truck near Hessel village in Rajnagar.
locals rushed the two in an ambulance to the MGM Medical College and Hospital emergency, where the man was declared as brought dead.
The man who was killed on the spot was identified as Shankar Murmu, a resident of Jumal panchayat and was ‘mukhia’ of the Jumal village in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district.
The nine-year-old boy identified as Ayush Murmu was admitted at the hospital where his condition is serious. Shankar’s wife Vishakha was also was a pillion rider on the same bike, but miraculously escaped unhurt.
According to sources, Shankar Murmu was going to purchase a mobile phone from a market in Jamshedpur by riding his bike along with his son and wife, but his bike was hit by a speeding truck. The truck driver, however, managed to escape the scene, leaving the mishap victim in a pool of blood at Hessel under Rajnagar police station area.