Two students died, and three others were seriously injured after their motorcycle slipped and fell into a roadside pit while they were returning to their ashram school after attending a village fair in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place in the early hours of Monday in Jawhar taluka. The five students had secretly left the Hiradpada Gagangiri Ashram School to attend the Navratri festival in nearby Sarsun village.