8 killed, 23 injured as goods vehicle collides with truck in Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara

Eight people, including five women and three children, were killed, and 23 people were injured after a goods vehicle collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara district. According to the police, the incident took place on Sunday night when the victims were returning in the good vehicle after attending a family function.

The eight victims have been identified as – Bhuri Nishad (50), Neera Sahu (55), Geeta Sahu (60), Agniya Sahu (60), Khushbu Sahu (39), Madhu Sahu (5), Rikesh Nishad (6) and Twinkle Nishad (6), reported PTI.

Meanwhile, the 23 injured people have been admitted to nearby hospitals for treatment. Out of the total, four critically injured people were shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Raipur, the police said.

Further details are awaited.

In a similar incident earlier this week, four people were killed, and 34 others sustained injuries as a Delhi-bound bus collided head-on with a truck on the Lucknow-Agra expressway near Thathiya in Kannauj district. According to the police, the bus broke the divider and went to the other side of the road before colliding with the truck. The collision was so severe that both vehicles overturned.

Meanwhile, three people, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed and 14 others sustained injuries after their tempo allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday this week. According to the police, around 22 devotees including 8 children from Jalandhar were returning from Mathura-Vrindavan in a Tata tempo. When they reached the cut near Padheni village, the tempo rammed into a truck parked on the roadside.

An FIR has also been registered against the truck driver at Sadar Tauru police station.