Five women and three children were killed and 23 persons injured when a goods vehicle they were travelling in collided with a tr🤡uck in Chhattisgarh's Bemetara district, police said on Monday.
The accident took place latꦺe Sunday night near Kathia village when the victims were returning after attending a family function, a senior police official said.
The victims, natives of P𒀰atharra village, were returning after attending a family function in Tiraiyyaꦛ village, the official said.
The goods vehicle collided with the mini truck that was parked by the roadside, the offi💮ꦅcial said.
Those killed were iden🦋tified as Bhuri Nishad (50), Neera Sahu (55), Geeta Sahu (60), Agniya Sahu (60), Khushbu Sahu (39), Madhu Sahu (5), Rikesh Nishad (6) and Twinkle🌳 Nishad (6), he said.
The injured persons were 🔴admitted to two hospitals. Later💖, four critically injured persons were shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur, he said.
