Latehar (Jharkhand): Five people, including
a woman, were killed and seven others critically injured in a
head-on collision today between a truck and SUV near the
Siskaria More in Latehar district, police said.
The incident occurred this evening when the SUV rammed
into a coal-laden truck on Kudu-Chandwa road on National
Highway 75, Officer-in-charge of Chandwa police station,
Kamleshwar Pandey said.
The injured were referred to the Rajendra Institute of
Medical Science (RIMS) in Ranchi by the Kudu Primary Health
Centre.
The victims were returning home in adjoining Palamu
district in the SUV after attending a marriage in Hasnapani
village.
Local residents claimed that the driver of the SUV was in
an inebriated state and lost control over the vehicle at a
turn and rammed into the truck.
PTI
