Police stated on Monday that five women and a child were killed and 21 people were injured when their van collided head-on with a vehicle in Chhattisgarh’s Balodabazar district. The accident happened late Sunday night at Gauda Pulia, which is located 70 kilometers from the state capital Raipur.
According to a senior police official, the victims were going home from a family celebration in Parsada village. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel extended his condolences for the event. The van crashed with the truck head-on. According to the police official, five ladies and a six-year-old boy died on the spot, while 21 people were hurt, five of them critically injured. The critically injured were transferred to a Raipur hospital for treatment, while the 16 others were being treated at a Balodabazar hospital, he said. CM Baghel expressed his condolences for the event and urged officials to provide the best medical care to those harmed.
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