Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Dec 22 (PTI) Two truck drivers were charred to death on Thursday after their vehicles caught fire following a head-on collision between the two goods carrier in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said.

The accident took place in the afternoon on the National Highway-75 in Hatgamariah area, around 200 km from the state capital Ranchi, when the two trucks collided with each other.

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The impact of the collision was such that both the vehicles caught fire and the two drivers were charred to death, Hatgamariah Police Station Officer-in-Charge Baleshwar Oraon said.

One of the two drivers was identified as Ram Tahal Yadav, a resident of Chatra district, while the identity of the other is yet to be established, he said.

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One truck going towards Chaibasa collided with the other coming in the opposite direction.

A team of firefighters was deployed to douse the flames.

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