A total of six persons lost their lives in two different accidents that occurred in Rajnandgaon and Bastar districts of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
According to the police, four persons died after the driver of a rashly driven bus lost control over wheel and it turned turtle near Bhedikala village under lalbagh police station limits of Rajnandgaon district around 6 pm.
“Around 20-22 persons have been injured in the mishap. They were all coming from Khairagarh and were on way to Bagheli village of Patan to attend some marriage function,” the Station House Officer (SHO) said adding the deceased persons include a three-year old baby and a 12-year-old boy.
In a separate incident, two persons lost their lives when a truck and bus collided head-on in Raipur-Jagdalpur highway near Asna village on wee hours of Tuesday.
The collision was so severe that one person sitting in bus died on the spot while the truck driver succumbed during treatment.