Two drivers one each of a chemical tanker and other of a container died on NH 98 in at Telari More in Palamu on Wednesday morning. Sources said the collision was head on and it was very severe.
According to the inspector of police T Soren of Chhaterpur police station under which comes Telari More the chemical tanker was going from Palamu to Bihar while another container was coming from Bihar to Palamu when around 9 this morning the container hit the chemical tanker leading to the death of the drivers of both the vehicles on the spot.
Police inspector said with the help of the driving licence the identity of the container driver has been established as Roop Chand Yadav who hailed from Allahabad. Police are still searching for the driving licence of the chemical tanker driver to establish his identity.
The two bodies were so messed up in this head on collision that gas cutter and JCB machine were pressed in to extricate the bodies of the drivers.
Police inspector ruled out that this collision was all due to any fog or mist. He opined that the driver of the container was rash enough to hit the chemical tanker from the right side.
Traffic on NH 98 which was halted for an hour or so for reason of this ghoulish accident was resumed after the intervention of JCB machine which removed the wreckages of the lorries from NH 98.