"Helicopter service to be arranged for shifting the more injured ones. All possible help, as required being provided. I am in constant touch," Union Minister Jitendra Singh said.
Police station in-charge Inspector Jaswinder Singh said, "A car was coming from the Makhu side while the truck loaded with paddy was coming from the Moga side. Due to the collision between a truck and a car, five youths died on the spot."
Five people, including two children, died after a two-wheeler collided with a truck near Balluragi village in Kalaburagi on Thursday, an official said.
At least five people, including two children and a woman, were killed and 26 injured in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur on Friday, an official said.
Five people were killed and five others were injured after they met with an accident on National Highway 44 near the traffic police station in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur area, police said on Thursday.
"Prima facie, the impact was caused in machinery, probably due to some chemical used in it, the exact reason is still being ascertained," said the district magistrate.
The accident occurred under Birsinghpur Pali police station limits in the district at around 12:30 am on Monday. There were five persons travelling in the car and three persons died on the spot and two died while undergoing treatment.
As many as five people were killed by a powerful typhoon which brought widespread flooding and landslides to the Philippines, CNN reported citing authorities in the country.
At least five persons were killed and 13 others were injured after a bus carrying tourists crashed into a ravine on the Karakoram Highway in the Thalichi area in Gilgit Baltistan's Diamer district on Sunday
Police said that the offending truck crossed the central divider of GT Karnal road and rammed into truck carrying Kanwar yatris who were going to Haridwar.