Kawardha, Nov 11 (PTI) Four people, among them a man and his two minor children, were killed when two speeding motorcycles collided head-on in Chhattisgarh's Kabirdham district on Wednesday evening, police said.

The accident, in which two others were injured, took place between Baniya and Gaurmati villages under the Ranvirpur police outpost area, an official said.

The deceased were identified as Bhupendra Kashyap (40), his daughter Ritu (15) and son Pankaj (12), residents of Banraka village in neighbouring Bemetara district, and Bhavesh Sinha (20), a native of Navghata village in Kabirdham district, he said.

Bhupendra Kashyap and his two children were travelling on one motorcycle, while Sinha and the two injured persons, identified as Toman Maravi (18) and Bhanu Pratap Singh (17), were riding on the other motorbike involved in the crash, the official said.

On receiving information about the accident, an ambulance and the police's Dial 112 emergency response team reached the spot and shifted the injured to a community health centre in Thankhamharia town for treatment, he added.

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