<p>Five persons were killed in two road accidents involving heavy vehicles in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The first accident took place on a newly-constructed bridge under Darri police station area around 1.30 am on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, a senior official said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/two-minor-siblings-mowed-down-by-van-in-maharashtras-palghar-vehicle-driver-arrested-1233181.html" target="_blank">Two minor siblings mowed down by van in Maharashtra's Palghar; vehicle driver arrested</a></strong></p>.<p>Three men were killed when their speeding car overturned after hitting a cow and colliding with a heavy vehicle on the bridge, he said.</p>.<p>The victims Yash Goyal (28), Rupesh Goyal (28) and Deepak Singh were travelling to Darri from Korba town, the official said.</p>.<p>While two of them died on the spot, the third man succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, he said, adding that the cow also died in the accident due to the severe impact of the crash.</p>.<p>In another accident, two men were killed when the heavy vehicles they were driving collided with each other on Pali-Bilaspur Road in the early hours of Sunday, another official said.</p>.<p>The identities of both drivers are yet to be ascertained, he said.</p>.<p>Offences under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code have been registered with regard to both the accidents.</p>
<p>Five persons were killed in two road accidents involving heavy vehicles in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The first accident took place on a newly-constructed bridge under Darri police station area around 1.30 am on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, a senior official said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/two-minor-siblings-mowed-down-by-van-in-maharashtras-palghar-vehicle-driver-arrested-1233181.html" target="_blank">Two minor siblings mowed down by van in Maharashtra's Palghar; vehicle driver arrested</a></strong></p>.<p>Three men were killed when their speeding car overturned after hitting a cow and colliding with a heavy vehicle on the bridge, he said.</p>.<p>The victims Yash Goyal (28), Rupesh Goyal (28) and Deepak Singh were travelling to Darri from Korba town, the official said.</p>.<p>While two of them died on the spot, the third man succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, he said, adding that the cow also died in the accident due to the severe impact of the crash.</p>.<p>In another accident, two men were killed when the heavy vehicles they were driving collided with each other on Pali-Bilaspur Road in the early hours of Sunday, another official said.</p>.<p>The identities of both drivers are yet to be ascertained, he said.</p>.<p>Offences under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code have been registered with regard to both the accidents.</p>