Ramgarh, Dec 10 (PTI) A trucker and a handyman were killed after their vehicle fell into a 20-foot deep ditch in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Tuesday, police said.

The incident happened in the accident-prone Chutupalu valley on the Ranchi-Ramgarh highway, they said.

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Dense fog is suspected to be the cause of the accident, they added.

The Punjab-registered trailer was heading towards Ramgarh from Ranchi with TMT bars when the accident happened, police said.

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After coming to know about the accident, police immediately reached the spot and took out the bodies from the ditch, said Krishna Kumar, the officer-in-charge of the Ramgarh police station.

He said the owner of the trailer was informed about the accident and efforts were being made to identify the deceased.

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