11 people were killed and several others injured after a pickup vehicle collided with a truck in the Baloda Bazaar-Bhatapara district, Chhattisgarh last night, said SDOP Bhatapara, Siddhartha Baghel on Friday.
Eleven people, including four children, died when a pick-up van they were travelling in collided with a truck.
A dozen others were injured in the accident near Khamariya village under Bhatapara police station area on Balodabazar-Bhatapara road late Thursday night, he added.
The victims, natives of Khilora village in Simga area, were returning home after attending a family function in Arjuni area, a police official said.
After being alerted, a police team was sent to the spot and the injured were sent to a nearby hospital for treatment, he said. The bodies have been sent for postmortem, he added.
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