Four die and five injured in a head on collision in Chitrakoot

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Jhansi: Four persons, including two women and an eight-year- old girl, died on the spot while five were injured when the Maruti Omni in which they were travelling rammed into a truck coming from the opposite direction in Chitrakoot district in the wee hours of Sunday.
The incident took place on NH-5 near RamNagar under Raipura police station when eight persons of a family along with the driver were coming from Mahoba and going to Prayagraj to perform last rites.As the vehicle reached Ram Nagar early in the morning, the driver lost control and rammed the vehicle into a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction.
In the head on collision, two women aged 32 and 40 years, an 8-year-old girl and their 35-year- old driver died on the spot. The deceased girl was the daughter of one of the women who died.
SO Raipura police station Sushil Sharma said all the injured were shifted to the district hospital from where three persons were referred to Prayagraj.
“Preliminary investigation at the accident site revealed that the driver of the Maruti Omni had lost control as he might have slept. We have lodged a case against the truck driver under sections 279, 337, 338, 427, 204 A of IPC and are doing further investigations”, the SO said.