New Delhi, June 4 -- A businessman was killed and two people were critically injured in a road accident in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur on Monday.

The driver of an Innova opened the door of the vehicle moving at 100 kilometres per hour (kmph) to spit gutka, causing the vehicle to flip over and crash, The Times of India reported.

The accident took place on the Bilaspur-Raipur highway on Monday.

The Innova overturned multiple times on the road, hitting two vehicles and also injuring one of its drivers.

According to the ToI report citing police, the deceased has been identified as 31-year-old Jackie Gehi, a cloth merchant from Chakarbhatha on the outskirts of Bilaspur.

His friend Akash Chandani was driving the vehicle. He suddenly opened the...