Two road accidents have bright shock and grief in Bokaro. The first incident took place on the road near Bokaro on Friday afternoon resulting in the death of a person. 

This prompted local people to block the road.But due to the intervention of the police,traffic was restored. 

The second incident took place late Friday night when five people were killed and three others injured.  

The cause of this accident was attributed to their vehicle hitting a truck at the Bokaro-Ramgarh National highway in Jharkhand last night. 

The accident occurred near the Dantu village under Bokaro's Kashmar police station area. Bermo Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) BN Singh said that the four-wheeler hit the truck, which was stuck in a road blockade, from behind.  

Around eight people were travelling in the four-wheeler, of which five people were killed, the SDPO said. 

Singh said that the injured were admitted to Sadar hospital for treatment. A hospital official said that altogether eight people were brought to the hospital, of which five were brought dead.

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