22 INJURED AS VEHICLE PLOUGHS INTO PROCESSION

Korba ( Chhattisgarh), Feb. 13: At least 22 people were injured, nine of them grievously, after a vehicle carrying the groom rammed into his wedding procession in Chhattisgarh’s JanjgirChampa district, the police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Saturday night when relatives of the groom Milan Chandra, a resident of Churtela village, were proceeding for a wedding ritual, called “chulmati”, on the Dabhra- Kharsia road under the Dabhra police station area, Janjgir- Champa additional superintendent of police Pankaj Chandra said.

Dabhra is located around 75 km away from JanjgirChampa town, which itself is about 200 km away from capital Raipur.

The police said that the driver of the sports utility vehicle lost control, pressed the accelerator instead of the brake, and ploughed into a crowd of people who were part of the procession.

The accident left at least 22 people, including women and children, injured, the police said.