Five passengers were injured, two of them critically, when their bus met with an accident at Uttsara village in Peterwar location on Bokaro-Ranchi highway here on Thursday morning, said offier-incharge Radha Kumari, who reached the location first.
The passengers, many of whom suffered minor injuries in the accident, have been admitted to health centre in Peterwar in Dantu area of the district .A police team of Jaridih PS herself officer- in Charge Radha Kumari and local villagers reached the spot early this morning as soon as they got wind of the incident.
According to the police, as per the eyewitnesses and preliminary findings, the accident took place at Uttsara village due to over speeding .A bus namely Sanya was brining passengers from their respective point Rajmahal to Ranchi .The driver of the bus lost control over vehicle and it veered to the side of the road and this led to the bus turning turtle at Uttsara village, said a police officer.