Truck collides with van in Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar; 6 killed, over 20 injured

Six people, including a child, were killed and about 25 people injured as a truck collided with a pick-up van in Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar district in the early hours of Monday, police said. The accident occurred in the Goda Pulia area on the Balodabazar national highway. The pickup-van was carrying around 30 passengers at the time of the accident. According to officials, the deceased included five women and a child.