RAIPUR
: Three persons were killed and eight injured when an auto-rickshaw collided with a car in
Chhattisgarh
's
Bemetara
district, police said on Saturday.
The
accident took place between
Kodva
and Rakhi villages under Devkar police post limits on Friday night, an official said.
The occupants of the auto-rickshaw were returning to Bhilai after attending a post-death programme in Thathapur village, when the vehicle collided with a car travelling from the Durg, he said.
The two occupants of the car
Geeta Manikpuri
(55) and
Bahadur Das
(55) died on the spot, while car driver Parmeshwar Sen (36) succumbed to his injuries when he was being shifted to Raipur for treatment, the official said.
Of the eight injured victims, two are critically wounded and have been referred to Raipur from Community Health Centre in Saja, he said, adding that the bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem.
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