Five persons were killed in two separate road accidents in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Sunday.
The first accident took place on a newly-constructed bridge around 1.30 am on July 1-2 night, Korba Additional Superintendent of Police Abhishek Verma said.
Yash Goyal (28), Rupesh Goyal (28) and Deepak Singh were killed when their speeding car overturned after hitting a cow and colliding with a heavy vehicle on the bridge while heading to Darri from Korba town, he said.
While two of them died on the spot, the third man succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. The cow also died in the accident.
Meanwhile, two drivers of heavy vehicles were killed on Sunday when their vehicles collided with each other on the Pali-Bilaspur road.
The identities of the drivers are yet to be ascertained.