Five persons including four from a family were killed after a Mahindra Bolero in which they were travelling collided with a Stationary truck in Akaltara on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police said. The intensity of collision was so severe that four persons succumbed on the spot while one died on the way to hospital, Station House Officer (SHO) Akaltara Mamta Sharma informed.
According to the SHO, the incident occurred around 2 O’clock in the night at Main Road of Akaltara near Indira Park. The deceased — all residents of Budgahan village were returning from Bilaspur after attending a marriage function when the Mahindra Bolero collided with standing Hyva Truck.
The accident claimed lives of two women and three men, and injured four others. Two of the injured victims have been admitted to Apollo Hospital and two others are undergoing treatment in a local hospital of Akaltara. Chief Minister Raman Singh expressed profound grief on demise of five persons in the road accident.
He empathized deeply with the grief-stricken families of the deceased. Singh instructed the District Administration to support victim families in all possible manner and prayed for quick recovery of the people injured in the accident.