Korba (Chhattisgarh): Four persons were killed in a horrific road accident that took place in Korba district of Chhattisgarh Monday night, police officials said on Tuesday. According to the police, the mishap occurred when the four youths were traveling on one motorcycle and it collided with a vehicle, engaged in construction work on the Ambikapur-Bilaspur National Highway.
The mishap occurred in the Chaitma area under the jurisdiction of the Pali police station at around 10 pm. After the collision, the youths fell from the motorbike, police said, adding locals rushed them to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared them on arrival. "The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. We will send their bodies for the post-mortem. Their relatives will be informed. After post-mortem, the bodies will be handed over to their kin," they added.
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According to the police, the vehicle's driver fled from the accident spot and efforts are on to nab him. "A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Codde (IPC) will be registered in this regard," they added. Meanwhile, earlier on May 20, 2023, five people were killed in two separate road accidents that took place in different districts of Chhattisgarh. One of the mishaps occurred near Semarghat under Manipur police station limits in Surguja district, in which three persons were killed. The other accident had taken place in the Janjgir-Champa district after a truck was hit by a trailer.
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