Four youths were killed and five others were injured in a road accident that occurred in Bhanupratappur block of Kanker district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place after a jeep in which victims were travelling collided head-on with a tractor coming from opposite direction. The jeep ferrying as many as six passengers fell into a River Khandi about five km from Bhanupratappur police station around 11 O’clock on Tuesday night, Head Constable (HC) Ashok Sahu from Bhanupratappur police station informed.
The deceased were identified as Narottam Jain (23), Bhagatram Mandavi (21), Chandrashekhar (20) and Sampat (24), all working as contractors for Public Health Engineering (PHE) department in the region, informed police. The tractor driver Johan lal resident of Kaner has been arrested. A case in this regard has been registered and police has started investigation, said police.