Five people died in separate road accidents in Jharkhand`s Dumka district in the last 24 hours, police said on Sunday. In the latest incident, two persons were killed near Belmi More under the jurisdiction of Muffasil police station on the Dumka-Ramgarh road around 8 pm, they said.

Satyam Kumar, the officer in-charge of Muffasil police station, said, `A speeding dumper truck ran over a motorcycle with two persons near Belmi More. The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained. The bodies will be sent for post-mortem examination on Monday morning.`