Ranchi, June 24
At least five motorcyclists were killed in two separate road accidents across Jharkhand within a span of 12 hours.
In the first incident on Tuesday afternoon, a speeding bike rammed into a stationary truck on the Sariya-Bagodar road in Giridih district.
The rider, Gaurav Kumar Rajak alias Tinku, and his father-in-law, Sahdev Mandal, sustained severe injuries in the crash. Local residents rushed them to the trauma centre in Bagodar, but doctors declared both dead on arrival.
Gaurav, a resident of Kalali Road under Sariya police station limits, was reportedly on his way to Bagodar with his father-in-law for some urgent work.
Their tragic deaths left the family devastated, with relatives breaking down at the accident site. The bodies were later sent to Giridih Sadar Hospital for post-mortem examination.
In another fatal crash earlier in the day, three young men died in a collision between a bike and a truck on the Kolebira-Gumla road in Simdega district around midnight.
The trio -- identified as Suraj Baghwar, Amrit Baghwar, and Manu Tete, all residents of Kombakeera under Kolebira police station -- were returning home from a birthday celebration when the accident occurred.