🐓Five persons were killed and two others injured in three road accidents in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said on Thursday.
𓆉These accidents occurred on Wednesday evening and night, they said.
🧸Three motorcycle-borne men were killed when a coal-laden trailer truck hit them on Rumgadha bypass road under Balco police station limits, a police official said.
♋The deceased were identified as Madhav Prasad (47), Jagarsai Kenvat (53) and Leeladhar Kenvat (45), all relatives, he said.
♋After the accident, the driver of the truck fled the scene, leaving his vehicle behind, he said.
ඣEnraged over the incident, several local residents staged a protest and blocked the path of vehicles engaged in coal transportation. They also damaged some vehicles.
𓄧Subsequently, senior police and administration officials reached the spot and pacified them, he said.
🦋In another accident, a man identified as Tejlal Yadav (49) was killed and his brother Sukhram (26) injured after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a tractor engaged in the transportation of sand, he said.
💃The victim duo was returning home in Kudmura village from Korba when the accident happened in Rampur area under Civil Lines Police Station limits, he said.
💖In the third incident, a man identified as Ritesh Kumar (24) was killed and his friend Pradip Kumar injured after their motorcycle crashed into a stationary truck at a toll plaza near Mohanpur village on Korba-Katghora road, he said.
🌃Cases have been registered in connection with the incidents and efforts are on to trace drivers of truck and tractor in the first two accidents, they added.
