JAMSHEDPUR: Celebrated archer Jaspal Singh and archery coach Saras Soren were killed when their car was hit by a truck near Lalpur airstrip in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district around 7am on Wednesday, police said. Singh (22) and Soren (27), residents of Jamshedpur, were travelling to Bhopal to put up a stall of archery equipment at the ongoing National Archery Championship when the incident took place.Jaspal Singh, who started his career before he turned six, won a bronze in Sub-junior National Archery Championship in recurve team event in 2007-08 in Madya Pradesh. He also won a gold medal in compound archery event at the Junior World Cup Indoor Archery Championship in Thailand in 2015. He was an participant in most national archery competitions.Saras, a resident of Mango locality, got his coaching certificate from National Institute of Sports in Patiala Soren’s elder brother Jai said: “Members of both the families have left for Shahdol help the local police complete investigations and receive the body.” He added the two succumbed to their injuries while they were being taken to hospital. “Jharkhand Archery Association president Arjun Munda has assured that he will talk to the Shahdol administration for speedy completion of the legal procedures for early discharge of the bodies from the hospital,” he said.Meanwhile, friends, relatives and fellow archers arrived to the residence of the two deceased to console the bereaved families. “It’s shocking. The state has lost two talented archers. We stand with their families in this crucial hour,” Arjun Munda said.

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