Four dead in collision of two trucks in Gondia, Maharashtra

Four persons died on the spot in a collision of two trucks on Nagpur-Raipur highway in Maharashtra's Gondia district Saturday, police said.

One of the trucks, carrying cement pipes, was going to Raipur from Nagpur, while the other truck, carrying rice sacks, was heading for Gujarat, Deori police in the district said.

Around 3.30 AM, driver of the Gujarat-bound truck, Arif Natha Shama (26), tried to cross to the other side to drive to a petrol pump near Sirpur village, eight km from Deori, police said.

The driver of the other truck, Ravi Pitamber Yadav (25), could not stop his vehicle which led to a collision, police said.

Yadav, cleaners Visheshwar Pemanlal Verma (30) and Sarvan Ramprasad Yadav (34), all residents of Mehrumkala in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon, and cleaner Javed Ramjan Aala (24) who was in the other truck, died on the spot.

Arif Natha Shama was admitted to a hospital where he was undergoing treatment.

Police had to use gas cutters to remove the bodies.

The traffic on the NagpurRaipur highway was disrupted for some time due to the accident.