Medininagar, March 28 Two people were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in the Palamu district of Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.
The accident occurred around 3 pm in the Karihar village, within the Patan police station area, they said.
The deceased were identified as Omprakash Ram (45) of Padwa and Ramsaran Das (55) of Chak, they added.
"All four were rushed to the Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared two of them dead on arrival. The other two are receiving treatment," said Shashi Shekhar Pandey, the officer-in-charge of the Patan police station.
Both motorcycles have been seized, he said.
According to eyewitnesses, the two deceased were travelling on a motorcycle along with a minor girl when another bike, ridden by a young man, approached them from the opposite direction.
Both motorcycles were reportedly speeding, and the riders lost control as they came face-to-face, leading to a head-on collision.