Two men employed by the State Department of Highways were injured yesterday when they leaped over an embankment out of the path of a skidding truck on Route 45.

Francis Job, 60, of Barnesville, suffered a back injury and Peter Perchansky, McAdoo, suffered an arm injury.Chief of police William Klotz of Rush Township reported that the men were engaged in cindering Mintzers Hill in an effort to help two trucks which had jackknifed because of the slippery road conditions