<p>Five persons were today killed when an overloaded truck tipped over and crushed their car near Chomu House Circle in the city.<br /><br />Police said they discovered the car underneath the truck only after removing the heavier vehicle.<br />"The car was badly flattened and it was hard to take the bodies out," said Kamal Nayan, SHO of the accident police station (south).<br /><br />The accident happened at around 4 am today. Police said the truck was overloaded with sacks of salt.<br />The deceased were identified as Rahul, Roshni, Jyoti, Nitesh and Sweeti, the SHO said.<br /><br />The car was travelling towards the statue circle, he said.<br /><br />The post-mortem is going on, he said, adding that the truck driver fled after the incident.</p>
<p>Five persons were today killed when an overloaded truck tipped over and crushed their car near Chomu House Circle in the city.<br /><br />Police said they discovered the car underneath the truck only after removing the heavier vehicle.<br />"The car was badly flattened and it was hard to take the bodies out," said Kamal Nayan, SHO of the accident police station (south).<br /><br />The accident happened at around 4 am today. Police said the truck was overloaded with sacks of salt.<br />The deceased were identified as Rahul, Roshni, Jyoti, Nitesh and Sweeti, the SHO said.<br /><br />The car was travelling towards the statue circle, he said.<br /><br />The post-mortem is going on, he said, adding that the truck driver fled after the incident.</p>