Jamshedpur: Two youths of Bijadih village in Rajnagar were killed after an unidentified vehicle rammed into their scooter near Raghunathpur petrol pump on NH-220 in Seraikela-Kharsawan district, police said.The two friends were identified as Gulshan Sundi (18) and Raunak Lugun (17). Gulshan was driving the two-wheeler, police added.Quoting Raunak’s parents, officer in-charge of the Rajnagar police station, Sonu Kumar, said, “Both had left home to attend Sohrai festival celebrations at Jamdih on Wednesday evening. They were returning home around midnight when the accident occurred. A police patrol team shifted the two to the Rajnagar community health centre (CHC), where doctors declared Gulshan brought dead. Raunak, who was critically injured, succumbed to his injuries during treatment.”Preliminary investigation revealed that the two youths were on their way to a petrol pump to refuel the scooter when an unidentified vehicle hit them from the rear. Probe is under way to establish the circumstances leading to the accident and identify the vehicle and its driver, the OC added.
