nThree personnel of a state-run power company and their driver were killed when their pick-up van collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district, police said on Thursday.
The accident took place on Wednesday night on Chhal road in the Kharsia police station limits when they were returning after restoring power supply at the nearby Edu village, Raigarh Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh said.
The truck carrying iron bars, which was speeding to Katni in Madhya Pradesh, collided head on with the pick-up van. All four van occupants died on the spot, the officer said.
The deceased were identified as Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Ltd (CSPDCL) Junior Engineers Sushil Sidar (43) and Amal Ekka (30), Lineman Rajendra Sidar (43) and driver Bhargav Vaishnav (30).
The truck has been seized and efforts are on to trace its driver and his helper who fled the spot leaving behind the killer vehicle, Singh said.