Madhya Pradesh: Four killed after car rams into truck on highway in Betul

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Four persons were killed when their car rammed into a truck on a highway in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, police said on Saturday.

The accident occurred on Bhopal-Nagpur Highway in Bhilai village, about 50 km from the district headquarters, around 12 am on Saturday, Multai police station in-charge Sunil Lata said.

Prima facie, it appears that the truck driver suddenly turned the vehicle to the left causing the car to ram into it, he said.

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Two women were among three occupants who died on the spot, while the driver of the car died on the way to a hospital in Nagpur, he said.

Two men killed in the accident were railway employees, the official said, adding that a case has been registered and a manhunt has been launched for the absconding truck driver.

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