Two youths were killed and at least five others injured today after a jeep carrying them overturned on Giridih-Jamtara road under Ahilyapur police station area in Jharkhand's Giridih district, a police officer said.
The incident took place after the driver lost control of the jeep, Ahilyapur police station in-charge Faiz Ahmed said adding, the two youths identified as Sindho Yadav and Ashok Yadav both aged about 38 to 40 years, died on the spot, while at least five other occupants sustained injuries.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem and the injured persons admitted to a sub divisional government hospital for treatment, he said.
The ill-fated jeep was taking barati party from Jamui gum sagar village and coming back to Giridih, while incident took place.Ahmad said.