Two persons were killed when the driver of a car lost control over the wheels and collided head on with a speeding truck in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday morning.
The accident took place near Dandser village in the Kurd police station limits when the victims were going towards Dhamtari from Raipur, said Dhamtari Superintendent of Police B.R. Rajbhanu.
The deceased were identified as Sunil Kashyap (45) of Raipur -- who was driving the car -- and Shivam Singh (22) of Mahasamund district. Sunil died instantly.
Shivam was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
Police arrested the truck driver and charged him with, among others, causing death due to rash and negligent driving.