Baghel expresses grief over seven deaths in accidents

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday expressed condolences over the death of seven people in road accidents in Bemetara and Kabirdham districts.

Baghel prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured, an official statement said.

Four youths of Kabirdham were killed near Manohari near the Madhya Pradesh border, police said.

They were Lalit Chandravanshi (25), Sandeep Manikpuri (24), Kamlesh Dhruv (22) and Jivendra Tekam (20), Kabirdham Additional Superintendent of Police Manisha Thakur Rawate said.

Three persons including a girl were killed and five others injured after a tractor-trolley they were traveling in collided with a pick-up van in Bemetara district, police said.

The accident took place on Friday night when around 40 occupants of the tractor-trolley were returning to Bundeli village after a birth ceremony in Khairi village, Nawagarh Station House Officer Ajay Sinha said.

All the victims belonging to the same family. They were Chandra Kumar Yadav (30), Baisakhin Bai (21) and 15-year-old Bhuneshwari.

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