Chhattisgarh: 2 charred to death after trucks collide head-on in Korba

Korba (Chattisgarh) [India],
February 24: Two truck drivers were charred to death after their vehicles collided head-on in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, police said on Friday.

“After learning about the accident, our homeguards rushed to the spot to carried out a rescue,” the ASI added.

In another incident on Thursday, at least eleven people were killed and several others injured after a pickup vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck in the Baloda Bazaar district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.

“The pickup vehicle collided head-on with the truck. The incident took place at village Khamariya in the Bhatapara (rural) police station limits,” sub-divisional police officer, Bhatapara, Siddhartha Baghel said.

He said the pickup truck was returning from a function when it was hit by a truck at Arjuni, leaving 11 persons dead and about 8 others injured.

Police said they registered a case in connection with the accident and a probe is underway, the SDOP informed.(ANI)