Three persons were killed and nine others injured when a SUV they were travelling in, collided head-on with a tractor near village Shorid falling under limits of Fingeshwar police station in the district, police said.
As per preliminary information, a SUV having registration number- CG-23-0665 coming from Mahasamund district and heading towards village Chura in Gariaband collided head-on with a tractor (CG-04-BT-1793) coming from opposite direction leaving three dead and around nine persons injured, said Fingeshwar Station House Officer (SHO) Anup Nag.
The deceased were identified as Deepak Chandrakar (45), Bhuneshwar Sahu (30) and Ganesh Ram Dhruv (40), all resident of Gariaband district, added Inspector Nag.