Hazaribag (Jharkhand), November 9: Five people were killed and 14 others injured on Monday when a truck hit a pick-up van in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police said, in a report carried by the Press Trust of India (PTI).

Source: PTI via Daily World

The crash took place in the Chouparan police station area of the district, according to local reporting by Town Post, which said a speeding container vehicle hit the passenger vehicle hard.

Vehicle was carrying a body to Varanasi, report says

Town Post reported that the vehicle was carrying a body to Varanasi when it was hit, and that all five people killed were from Biharo village, under Mundro panchayat of Bagodar block in neighbouring Giridih district.

Source: Town Post

5People killed
14People injured (police, via PTI)
1Village — Biharo, Giridih — all five dead belonged to

The injured were rushed to hospital and are under treatment, Town Post reported, adding that police reached the spot soon after being informed and began relief and rescue work.

The names of the dead and the injured had not been officially released, and the exact condition of the injured was not yet known, the report said. Police are investigating the crash.

What is confirmed so far

Police, via PTI, put the toll at five dead and 14 injured in the Chouparan area of Hazaribag district. Town Post's local reporting adds that the vehicle was carrying a body to Varanasi and that the dead were from Biharo village in Giridih district. Identities are awaited from officials.