<p>Three members of a family were killed when a truck hit an ambulance in which they were carrying home the body of an infant in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The ambulance driver was seriously injured in the incident which took place on Saturday near Badgaon village on Kondagaon-Jagdalpur road under Makdi police station limits, they said.</p>.<p>A man, his wife and mother were returning home from a government medical college at Dimrapal in Bastar district after the death of the couple's one-month-old child during treatment, an official here said.</p>.<p>A speeding truck coming from the opposite direction hit the ambulance. The three family members died on the spot and the ambulance driver suffered serious injuries, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/punjab-to-introduce-specialised-force-to-check-road-accidents-streamline-vehicular-traffic-1237458.html">Punjab to introduce specialised force to check road accidents, streamline vehicular traffic</a></strong></p>.<p>After being alerted, a police team reached the spot. They shifted the 30-year-old injured driver to a nearby hospital and sent the bodies for postmortem, he said.</p>.<p>The deceased have been identified as Rameshwar Nag (35), his wife Anita (30) and mother Sonbati (60), all natives of Sodma village in the district, the official said.</p>.<p>Efforts were on to trace the truck driver who fled from the spot after the incident, he said.</p>.<p>A case has been registered in this connection and further probe is underway, the official added.</p>
<p>Three members of a family were killed when a truck hit an ambulance in which they were carrying home the body of an infant in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The ambulance driver was seriously injured in the incident which took place on Saturday near Badgaon village on Kondagaon-Jagdalpur road under Makdi police station limits, they said.</p>.<p>A man, his wife and mother were returning home from a government medical college at Dimrapal in Bastar district after the death of the couple's one-month-old child during treatment, an official here said.</p>.<p>A speeding truck coming from the opposite direction hit the ambulance. The three family members died on the spot and the ambulance driver suffered serious injuries, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/punjab-to-introduce-specialised-force-to-check-road-accidents-streamline-vehicular-traffic-1237458.html">Punjab to introduce specialised force to check road accidents, streamline vehicular traffic</a></strong></p>.<p>After being alerted, a police team reached the spot. They shifted the 30-year-old injured driver to a nearby hospital and sent the bodies for postmortem, he said.</p>.<p>The deceased have been identified as Rameshwar Nag (35), his wife Anita (30) and mother Sonbati (60), all natives of Sodma village in the district, the official said.</p>.<p>Efforts were on to trace the truck driver who fled from the spot after the incident, he said.</p>.<p>A case has been registered in this connection and further probe is underway, the official added.</p>