Tragic bike accident: 20-year-old killed in road accident; Friend critically injured in Ichak mishap

Hazaribag: A 20-year-old man was killed, and another sustained grave injuries in a road accident in Ichak block of the district on Friday. The two, the police said, are residents of Barkathadih village in Barkatha block and were travelling on a motorcycle.

The duo lost control of their bike near Lundru in Ichak. Both men were being taken to a hospital in Hazaribag when one of them, identified as Suraj Yadav, died. Satish Kumar however sustained serious injuries and was undergoing treatment at a hospital. The duo was returning to Barkatha from Hazaribag after meeting a relative. Pankaj Sinduaria, the officer in-charge of Barkatha police station, said Suraj was a student of class XII at a govt school in Barkatha. “The body was handed over to the relatives after postmortem,” he said.