A speeding bus hit a motorcycle head on killing the bike rider and the pillion rider on Ranchi-Patna Highway (NH-33) on Thursday morning. The victims were identified as Dharm Rana (55) and Mahendra Rana (50) of Saraihta village in Itkhori village of Chatra district.
Muffasil officer-in-charge Nathuni Prasad said the bus driver made the mistake resulting in the fatal accident.
Sources said Dharm and Mahendra who work in a motor garage situated at Demotand some 7kms away from town, were going somewhere when Pammi bus coming from Giridih and going towards Ranchi hit their two wheeler. Eyewitnesses said the bus was moving in a very high speed. Dharm and Mahendra died on the spot. Prasad said they have seized the bus but driver the managed to escape.
Angry residents of the area blocked the road after the accident. But, soon Muffasil police reached the spot and sent the bodies for the post mortem. On instruction of sadar MLA Manish Jaiswal, his representative Ranjan Choudhary reached the Sadar Hospital after which postmortem was done immediately.
At sadar hospital, doctors who conducted the postmortem, said both died due to head injuries. Later the bodies were sent to Chatra village.
Dharm and Mahendra's sons work in Bangalore and last rite will take place after they arrive on Friday.