Three persons including a minor girl were killed and two others were injured in a collision between a dumper and a car in West Singhbhum district today, police said.
The accident occurred on Noamundi-Jagannathpur road under Noamundi police station area when the dumper rammed into the four-wheeler, killing a child and a woman on the spot.
Three seriously injured were taken to a hospital, where one of them succumbed to his injuries, police said.
All the victims were occupants of the car which was on its way to Barbil in Odisha from Seraikela.
The car was badly damaged under the impact of the collision, while the dumper was overturned, police said.