Dhamtari, Feb. 14 -- Four jawans of the 201 CoBRA Battalion were killed, and one was critically injured in a road accident near Khapri Bypass in the Arjuni police station area of Dhamtari district.
The accident occurred when a car carrying the soldiers from Jagdalpur collided with a stationary truck on the roadside.
The impact of the collision was so severe that the car was completely destroyed. Rescue teams used gas cutters to extricate the trapped soldiers. Two jawans died on the spot, while two others succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital. One jawan remains under medical treatment.
The police have sent the bodies for post-mortem at the district hospital and an investigation into the accident is ongoing.
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