2 killed in train-car collision

Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh, June 13 (UNI) A woman and a girl were killed on the spot and four others injured, one of them seriously, when the Dhamtari-Raipur narrow guage train hit a car at an unmanned level crossing near Kurud in this district, police said.

Police yesterday said Mrs Saraswati Chandrakar(53) and Sakhi Chandrakar (5) were killed on the spot. Seriously injured Deepak Chandrakar had been admitted to the medical college hospital at Raipur, while three other injured were being treated at a private hospital here.

Raipur-Dhamtari route is the only narrow guage section in Chhattisgarh.

UNI XC-SP AD VC0434