Six people were killed and seven were injured when a sports utility vehicle collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district, said the police on Monday.
The accident took place late Sunday night under the Daundi police station area when the victims were returning from a family function, they said.
“The vehicle collided head-on with the truck,” said a police official, adding of the 13 occupants, six died on the spot, while seven others suffered serious injuries. All the victims were natives of the Gunderdehi area in the district, as per a PTI report.
The deceased have been identified as Durpat Prajapati (30), four women – Sumitra Bai Kumbhkar (50), Manisha Kumbhkar (35), Sagun Bai Kumbhkar (50) and Imla Bai (55) – and minor boy Jignesh Kumbhkar (7), he said.
The injured people, including five women and a child, have been shifted to a local community health centre from where they were referred to Rajnandgaon district hospital for further medication, the official said.
A report of accidental death has been registered and further investigation is underway, he said.
