Six killed as truck hits pickup vehicle in Baloda Bazaar district of Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR: At least six persons, including a child and woman, were killed in a road accident in the Baloda Bazaar district of Chhattisgarh.

According to the police, the accident took place near Goda Bridge in the Baloda Bazar district after a pickup vehicle carrying over 2 dozen people was hit by a truck leaving six dead.

The accident took place under Palari police station limits. A child and woman are also among those killed in the accident, Baloda Bazar SSP Deepak Jha said.

Further details on the matter are awaited.

Earlier in February this year, two persons were killed and 12 others injured when a speeding tractor-trolley overturned near Sankar village in the Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh

The incident occurred near Sankar village under the Akaltara Police Station area when the tractor-trolley carrying over 30 people was returning from a fair in Parsahi Nala on the occasion of Mahashivratri.

(With inputs from ANI)