Four women workers have been killed and 11 others injured when a pickup vehicle they have been travelling in rammed into a roadside tree in Chhattisgarh’s Rajanandgaon district, police mentioned on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday night, when the victims have been getting back from their office, a non-public firm, within the items vehicle to their village Raitapali after the day’s work, they mentioned.
The driver apparently misplaced management over and the vehicle dashed into a tree between Arjuni and Raitapali villages, a police official mentioned. Some passersby referred to as up an ambulance, alerted the police and shifted the injured to a local people well being centre (CHC), he mentioned.
“While one employee, recognized as Sumitra Bai, died on the spot, three different women – Saroj Bai (50), Shivkumari Sahu (45) and Jainatri Bai (40) – have been declared introduced useless within the CHC,” mentioned Dr Ragini Chandre, Block Medical and Health Officer (Dongargaon). The 11 injured have been later shifted to Medical College Hospital, Rajnandgaon for additional remedy, she added.
The driver, who’s among the many injured, was in an inebriated situation, and regardless of being alerted by them, he was allegedly driving the vehicle at a excessive velocity, police mentioned. An unintended dying report has been registered on this connection and additional investigation is underway, they added.
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