5 killed, one hurt after car collides with parked truck in Jharkhand

At least five people were killed and one was seriously injured after the car they were travelling in rammed into a parked truck in Dhanbad. The car was going from Dhanbad to Jamtada.

Dhanbad (Jharkhand): Five people, including two children and a woman, were killed in a road mishap in Jharkhand's Dhanbad.

The incident took place when a high-speed car rammed into a truck parked on the roadside from behind.

The collision was so powerful that the car was completely destroyed in the accident.

While five people died on the spot, the driver of the car was shifted to hospital where his condition is said to be critical.

The car was going from Dhanbad to Jamtada.

Soon after the accident, senior police officers reached the spot.

A case has been registered in this connection and further investigation is on.

Earlier, on 0ctober 30, ten CRPF personnel were injured, some of them critically when a truck carrying them overturned after losing control while trying to save some bovine animals in Jharkhand's Giridih district.

The incident took place when around 25 jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force's 154th Battalion were being transported from Madhuban to Nimiaghat.