Two killed, 6 injured in truck-auto-rickshaw collision in MP's Damoh

Damoh (MP), Oct 9 (PTI) Two persons were killed and six others injured in a collision between an auto-rickshaw and a truck in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district on Wednesday night, police said.

The accident occurred at Chenpura village under Batiyagarh Police Station limits, an official said.

Batiyagarh Police Station in-charge Neha Goswami said the truck and the auto-rickshaw collided head on in which two persons, identified as Pushpendra Tiwari and Dayaram Kushwaha, were killed.

Both of them were travelling in the auto-rickshaw, she said.

Six others were injured in the accident and admitted to the district hospital, Goswami said.

The truck driver fled the spot after the crash, she added. PTI COR ADU RSY