Sagar, Nov 9 (PTI) Four persons were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a speeding truck and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district on Monday, an official said.

The accident took place on National Highway 44 near Gopalpura under Deori police station limits in the morning, he added.

The occupants of the SUV, residents of Bhainsa village, were travelling to Barman to take a holy dip in Narmada river on the occasion of Amavasya, he said.

"The occupants of the SUV were trapped after the head-on collision. Police and people in the vicinity took them out of the vehicle and rushed them to the hospital. The front portion of the car was badly damaged in the accident," the official said.

Four persons died in the accident, and the five injured have been admitted to Bundelkhand Medical College and Hospital, Deori Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Munawar Khan said.

Police have registered a case, and efforts are on to nab the absconding truck driver, Khan added.

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