As many as six persons were killed and three others sustained critical injuries when a truck and an auto-rickshaw carrying them collided head on at Phurlijharan here in Kalahandi district on Wednesday.
While the six died on the spot under the impact of the collision, three others were grievously injured and admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital here.
A total of 10 persons were travelling by the three-wheeler at the time of the accident, sources said.
On being informed, the Sadar police reached the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem.