In a major road mishap, four persons of a family were killed and two others seriously injured as the car they were travelling in hit a stationary truck along Daruda village on NH - 33 under Ichagarh police station area in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Monday afternoon.
Two of the injured were rushed to the Tata Main Hospital, where their condition is described as serious.
Those killed include two women, one of them was 55-year-old identified as Mamta Devi and the other one was 27-year-old Madhu Devi. The other two deceased were identified as Abhay Prasad (30) and Aman Kumar (24), all residents of Majhitola in Adityapur.
According to police, family members of Prabhat Prasad were on their way to Dassam falls in Ranchi in two cars. In one of the cars, Prabhat Prasad and some members were travelling in whereas in another car which was trailing behind was occupied by those fell victim to the mishap.
"We are investigating the mishap. It appears that as the other car had moved faster than, the driver of the vehicle was moving at a high speed to catch the car and incidentally rammed into the stationary truck," said Vinod Singh, OC, Ichagarh police station.