Katni (MP), March 10 Four people were killed and five others were seriously injured when a speeding car collided with a motorcycle in Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on the Jagatpur-Umaria road at around 11:30 pm on Monday.
Four men were riding a motorcycle when a speeding car collided head-on with the two-wheeler, KK Patel, in-charge of the Barwara police station, said.
After hearing the loud sound of the collision, locals and passersby gathered at the scene. The accident caused a major traffic jam and chaos on the road, eyewitnesses said.
After being alerted, police reached the scene and rushed the four motorcycle riders to the Barwara Community Health Centre, where doctors pronounced them dead, Patel said.
The deceased have been identified as Dhirendra Singh (18), Ramkishore Singh (26), Ramdas Singh (18), and Indrabhan Singh (25), residents of different villages in Umaria district.
According to their family members, Ramkishore, Ramdas, and Indrabhan were labourers and had returned from Maharashtra after work on Monday. Dhirendra had gone to the Katni railway station on his motorcycle to pick them up, and the accident occurred while they were returning home.
Five occupants of the car also sustained serious injuries in the accident. After receiving first aid, they were referred to the district hospital for treatment, the police official said.
The police have registered a case against the car driver.
The bodies have been sent to a government hospital in Barwara for an autopsy.
