Three killed, eight injured in motorcycle-autorickshaw collision in Jharkhand

At least three people were killed and eight others were injured in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and an autorickshaw in Jharkhand's Khunti district on Monday evening, police said.

The accident took place on Chaibasa-Ranchi National Highway 75 in Khunti area, around 40 km from Ranchi.

''The motorcycle was over-speeding and its rider was speaking over a mobile phone while riding. The impact of the collision was so high that the two-wheeler's rider dashed into the windshield of the autorickshaw.

''The motorcycle rider, autorickshaw driver and a woman passenger were killed on the spot,'' Khunti police station officer-in-charge Pintu Kumar told PTI.

Of the eight injured, four are in serious condition and have been admitted to Ranchi's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, he added.