Hazaribag, February 15 Two members of an elephant translocation team were killed and 10 others were injured after their vehicle collided head-on with a truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police said on Sunday.
The accident occurred near the Purnapani village on NH-20 in the Charhi police station area on Saturday night, they said.
The 12-member team of trained personnel in elephant handling, mostly from Bankura district in West Bengal, was travelling in the vehicle in search of a herd of five elephants, which had killed seven people on Friday.
"The driver and a member of the team were killed in the accident, and 10 others were injured. One injured person was referred to RIMS-Ranchi, while the other nine are being treated at the Sadar Hospital in Hazaribag," Kundan Kant Vimal, in-charge of the Charhi police station, told PTI.
The deceased were identified as Pintu Modi (30), a resident of Bankura, and Shahadat Hussain (60) of Charhi in Hazaribag.
The herd of five elephants has been roaming in parts of Hazaribag, causing widespread damage.
Seven people, including four members of a family, were trampled to death on Friday. The herd also killed some people in Bokaro recently.
As many as 70 teams have been deployed to manage the situation caused by the elephants, officials said.