Bijapur, Jan 31 (PTI) At least four people were killed and 10 others injured, four of them critically, when a mini goods vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday, police said.

The accident occurred late this evening near Mingachal village on a national highway under the Naimed police station area, around 450 km from the state capital Raipur, a police official said.

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The victims were returning to their village after attending a family function in Musalur village, he said.

"Four persons were killed and ten others were injured. The condition of four of them is critical," the official said, adding that the injured persons have been shifted to Bijapur district hospital.

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