C’garh: 5 of marriage party killed, 42 hurt in road accident
PTI, Jun 20, 2019, 1:23 PM IST
Bijapur: Five people were killed and 42 others injured when a van carrying members of a marriage party collided with another four-wheeler in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said Thursday.
The accident took place near Pandemurga village on Wednesday night when the victims were returning to Bijapur after attending a wedding in the neighbouring Dantewada district, a local police official said.
Four occupants of the van died on the spot while 43 others were injured and rushed to different hospitals nearby, he said.
One of the injured persons succumbed while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dantewada, the official said.
Of the remaining 42 injured, 10 were admitted to a hospital in Bijapur, 26 at a medical facility in Bhairamgarh town and six in Dantewada, he said. A case has been registered in connection with the incident, he added.
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