Around 15 passengers were killed and 40 others were injured after a bus collided with a trolley truck near Suhagi Pahari in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh. The accident occurred around 11.30 pm on Friday near Teonthar town, an official said.
While 12 persons were killed on the spot, two others succumbed while being taken to a hospital from Teonthar to Rewa. Later, one more person succumbed to injuries at the hospital in Rewa, he said. “Fifteen persons were killed in the accident, which left more than 35 others injured,” Rewa district’s superintendent of police (SP) said.
Of the injured passengers, 20 were admitted to a hospital in Prayagraj in UP. All the passengers on the bus were from Uttar Pradesh, according to ANI.
The bus was travelling from Hyderabad to Gorakhpur. Majority of the bus passengers were labourers and they were on their way home for the Diwali festival, eyewitnesses said.
Madhya Pradesh | 14 dead, 40 injured in a collision between a bus and trolley near Suhagi Hills in Rewa. The bus was going from Hyderabad to Gorakhpur. All people on the bus are reportedly residents of Uttar Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/cwN2MUCB7O— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) October 22, 2022
Manoj Pushp, Rewa Collector said that the police and the administration reached the spot to carry out rescue operations while the injured were sent to hospital.
“It seems that the trolley truck had an accident with the truck in front of it and when the driver applied brakes, the bus behind it rammed into it,” Manoj Pushp told ANI.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced to provide ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh each to the families of the deceased in the road accident in Rewa district. Earlier on Saturday, the MP chief minister spoke to his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath and briefed him about the accident, an official said.
Chouhan informed the UP chief minister that the seriously injured persons are undergoing treatment in a government medical college in Rewa. The Madhya Pradesh government will bear the cost of treatment of the injured persons, Chouhan told him.
रीवा में हुए दर्दनाक सड़क हादसे में कई लोगों का असामयिक निधन अत्यंत दुःखद और पीड़ादायक है।ईश्वर दिवंगत आत्माओं को अपने श्रीचरणों में स्थान दें।ॐ शांति????
— Dr Narottam Mishra (@drnarottammisra) October 22, 2022
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra expressed his condolences to the family of those who died in the accident.
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