RAIPUR: Two men and a woman were killed and six other persons injured after a private bus they were travelling in collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur on Tuesday, police said.
The accident took place in the morning near Kendri village under Abhanpur police station limits, located 25 km from here, when the bus was heading to Raipur from Jagdalpur (Bastar district), Senior Superintendent of Police Lal Umed Singh told PTI.
The bus hit the rear end of the truck, which was moving in the same direction, apparently in a bid to overtake it, he said.
Three bus passengers, identified as Azhar Ali (30), resident of Kondgaon, Balram Patel (46), from Jagdalpur, and Barkha Thakur (31), from Mahasamund, died on the spot and six others suffered injuries, the official said.
After being alerted, an ambulance was rushed to the spot. A police team also reached the accident site, he said.
The injured passengers were shifted to a hospital and were later discharged after treatment, the official said.
The incident briefly disrupted the movement of vehicles on the route, he said.
A case has been registered in connection with the accident, the SP added.