Jashpur, May 21: Two minor boys were killed and eight other persons injured when a truck collided with their auto-rickshaw in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district in the wee hours of Tuesday, police said. The accident took place at around 2 am when the victims were returning home in Dumartoli village after catering work at a wedding event, an official said.

The truck driver lost control over the wheels following which the vehicle collided head-on with the auto-rickshaw carrying 10 persons at Tehsil Chowk under Bagicha police station limits, he said. Chhattisgarh Road Accident: Bus Falls Into Mine Pit in Durg; Four Killed, Over 20 Passengers Injured.

After being alerted, police reached the spot and the victims were taken to a hospital in Bagicha where doctors declared two boys, aged 11 and 14, brought dead, the official said. Uttar Pradesh Road Accident: Bus Falls Into Pit on Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Ghaziabad, 24 Passengers Injured; CCTV Footage Surfaces.

Out of the eight injured persons, five were critically hurt and they were shifted to a medical facility in Ambikapur city for better treatment, he said. The bodies were sent for post-mortem. A case was registered under relevant provisions against the truck driver, who fled from the spot, and efforts were on to nab him, the official said.