Five persons including a 6-year-old girl died after a rashly driven Hyva truck rammed into a Tata DI at Parabhat Road village on Friday morning.
Condition of three out of six injured was serious and they were admitted in a city hospital. The driver of Hyva managed to flee from the spot, police said.
According to Kharora police, the accident happened at Barabhat Raod about 5 kilometres from Kharora police station. “Twenty six people all residents of Maharaji village, Bilaigarh Baloda Bazaar who used to work in a brick kiln of Dolendra Deshmukh, Mohlai, Durg were returning to their native place in a Tata DI,” said officer investigating the case.
“The Hyva truck loaded with sand was coming from opposite direction on high speed which collided head on with the Tata DI in which the labourers were travelling near Parabhat village,” police said.
The intensity of collision was so much severe that four persons died on the spot while, one succumbed to injuries in the hospital, police informed. After the incident the Sarpanch of Parabhat informed Kharora police who then reached at the spot and rushed the injured to hospital.
According to police the deceased were identified as Champa Bai (30) wife of Tirathram Chouhan, her daughter Sahratin (6), Dasoda Bai (30), wife of Cheejram Vishwakarma, Manohar Kurra (18) son of Kunwar Singh Kurra and Sonchand (18). Sonchand died after reaching hospital, while the four other succumbed on the spot.
Kartik (25), Vishnu Yadav (33) and Shiv Kumar Yadav (31) were seriously injured and have been admitted in a city hospital, police said.
The district administration declared of giving cash Rs25,000 each to the family members of deceased while Rs8,000 to injured.