Five killed, two injured in car-truck collision in MP's Chhatarpur

CHHATARPUR (MP): (Dec 6) Five persons were killed and two others injured when their car collided with a truck on a highway in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, police said on Saturday. The accident occurred around 8 pm on Friday when seven persons, all belonging to one family from Satna town, were travelling in a car to attend an event in Shahgarh, they said.

The car collided head-on with a truck on the Sagar-Kanpur National Highway, located 35 km from here, in the Gulganj police station area.

Five car occupants died on the spot and two others were seriously injured, Additional Superintendent of Police Aditya Patle said.