Raipur. A road accident took place on Raipur-Bilaspur National Highway 130 in Chhattisgarh at around 5.30 am on Monday. A speeding passenger bus rammed into a parked truck near Darchura in Simga police station area of ​​Balodabazar district.
Information about the death of 3 passengers has been received in the incident. While 10 people are said to be injured. The dead are being identified.
According to Simga police, Royal Travels bus (CG 04 NM 0859) had left from Ambikapur for Raipur with passengers on Monday morning.
Most of the passengers were sleeping. There were about 22 passengers in the bus. The bus running at high speed on the road rammed into a truck parked near Darchura at around 5:30 in the morning.
It is reported that traffic cones (warning signs) were installed around the truck to alert the drivers, but the driver of the speeding bus probably did not see them and the bus rammed straight into the back of the truck.
The passengers did not even get a chance to recover. 3 people died on the spot. And 8 to 10 people have been seriously injured.
The collision was so severe that the passengers got badly trapped in the bus, who were later taken out with the help of a gas cutter. As soon as information about the incident was received, Simga police station and Dial 112 team reached the spot.
The injured have been sent to Simga Community Health Center for immediate treatment. Where their treatment is going on. The bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem after Panchnama.
The dead have not been identified after the incident. At present, the police is removing both the vehicles from the road and keeping them aside. So that the traffic is not blocked. Police is busy searching for the cause of the accident.
It is noteworthy that on Sunday, a bus and Bolero collided near Nagar village of Charcha police station area in Koriya district. The woman riding the Bolero died in the accident. 14 people including four children were injured.
Earlier on Thursday, a high-speed bus going from Manendragarh to Kelhari lost control and collided with a tree at Semramthani turn. Six people died and many were injured in this accident.