Bhanupratappur: A fatal road accident happened at the gateway of Kanker district in Kachche village, whereby a pickup driver died on the spot. The accident occurred 100 meters before the Kachche police outpost, where a speeding pickup crashed head-on into a borewell truck.
Based on preliminary information, the pickup vehicle was traveling from Bhanupratappur towards Raipur, and the borewell truck was traveling in the opposite direction towards Bhanupratappur. The result of the collision was so bad that the pickup had to be mangled, parts scattered on the road. Unfortunately, the pickup driver died on the spot as a result of the impact.
Witnesses indicate that the driver of the borewell truck took off after hitting the truck, immediately leaving the vehicle. The accident had caused a massive traffic jam on the highway, which had been cleared with the efforts of the local Kachche police team after such a tough endeavour. The body of the pickup driver had been removed from the wreckage and had been taken to the Bhanupratappur hospital for further formalities and a postmortem.
The actual cause of the accident is yet to be officially established, overspeeding or low visibility might have however, contributed. The authorities have launched an investigation in an effort to identify and trace the absconding truck driver.
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