From correspondents in Chhattisgarh, India, 08:30 PM IST

Two men from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed and seven others injured Wednesday in a road accident in Chhattisgarh, police said.

The incident took place in the western district of Rajnandgaon when the troopers were in a Tata Sumo vehicle that hit a tree along a road and overturned.

Police said that two CRPF men died instantly. The injured were taken to a government hospital in Rajnandgaon town.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)