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Six killed, one critical as car collides with truck in Nagpur

Six persons were killed and one was seriously injured after a car collided with a truck on the outskirts of Nagpur city in Maharashtra in the wee hours of December 16, police said.

The accident took place near Sonkhamb village on Katol-Kalmeshwar Road between 12.15 a.m. and 2 a.m., a senior police official said.

"Seven persons were travelling in the car after attending a wedding ceremony when their vehicle collided head-on with the truck carrying soyabean," he said.

"Two persons died on the spot, while two others died at a hospital. Three others were brought to Nagpur for treatment, and two of them passed away there, while one person is in a critical condition," the official said.

The driver of the truck has been arrested, he added.

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