At least 10 people, including six women, were killed and 30 others injured when a mini-truck carrying wedding party members turned turtle on Narayanpur-Bhanupratappur road in Chhattisgarh's insurgency infested Kanker district on Friday afternoon.
The accident occurred near Ghotulbeda village when the vehicle, carrying around 45 people, was heading towards Bhanupratappur after the occupants had attended a wedding near Narayanpur, according to Kanker Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitendra Singh Meena . When the mini-truck reached near Ghotulbeda, the driver lost control over the vehicle and it overturned, he said.
According to the SP, deaths of 10 people have been reported while 30 others, including women and children, have received minor injuries. About 16 people were airlifted to Raipur out of whom six are reportedly serious, he added.
The injured have been admitted to Antagarh hospital from where some of those whose condition was critical were referred to hospitals in Kanker and Raipur for treatment, he said.
Meanwhile, following the request from the Chhattisgarh Government, two Mi-17 choppers of Indian Air Force (IAF) were launched for casualty evacuation. Group Captain Basant B Pande, Public Relation Officer, Ministry of Defence said “State administration had approached the IAF to airlift 16 seriously injured casualties to Raipur.”