Two persons, cousins by relation, were killed when the motorbike carrying them collided head on with a tanker on Japla-Chatarpur road under Hussainabad police station of Palamau district today, the police said.
The victims were identified as Arvind Kumar Singh, a resident of Aurangabad district, and his cousin Sanjiv Kumar Singh, who hailed from Rohtas district of Bihar.
While one of them died on the spot, the other succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital, police said.
The accident occurred when the victims were on their way to Kandi in Garwah district on a motorcycle.
