Five killed, six injured in truck-autorickshaw collision in JharkhandAround 12 people were going in the autorickshaw to Nagar Untari railway station to board a Gujarat-bound train when the vehicle collided with a speeding truck coming from the opposition direction.
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Garhwa, Jharkhand: At least five people were killed and six others injured after the autorickshaw they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck in Jharkhand's Garhwa district, police said on Friday.
The accident took place near Palhe village in Banshidhar Nagar police station area around 1:30 am on Friday.
Around 12 people were going in the autorickshaw to Nagar Untari railway station to board a Gujarat-bound train when the vehicle collided with a speeding truck coming from the opposition direction, police station in-charge Aditya Nayak said.
The injured persons have been admitted to a local hospital, he added.