Six men were killed and one was injured in a big road accident in the Chhattisgarh district in Rajnandgaon on Friday (August 15, 2025), according to the police.
The victims traveled from Indore in Madhya Pradesh to Puri, Odisha via Chhattisgarh, when the multi -cell vehicle (MPV) was in the road divider and vaulted above him to collide with a truck coming from the opposite direction near Chirchari Village.
The officer added that the driver, Sagar Yadav, rode for more than 12 hours and may have lost control because he was sleepy and said he was raining in the area when there was an accident. But the officer ruled out dirt.
He said that while five people were killed on the spot, one was declared dead in the hospital. The five deceased was identified as Akash Muurya, Govind Punamchand, Aman Rathhore and Nitin Yadav (all from Madhya Pradesh) and Sangram Kesari of Neelkantpur in Odisha. Their ages moved from the end of the twenties to the early 1930s.
The injured Mr. Yadav was released until the evening, said Rajnandgaon SP Mohit Garg.
Published – August 15 2025 21:38
