The precise variety of injured individuals was not recognized but, the official mentioned.
Guna (MP):
No less than 12 folks had been killed and 14 others sustained extreme burn accidents as a bus caught hearth after colliding with a dumper in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday night time, an official mentioned.
The non-public bus collided head-on with the dumper on Guna-Aaron street, the official mentioned, including that the injured had been rushed to the Guna district hospital for remedy.
Twelve bus passengers had been killed and 14 others sustained accidents within the hearth, Guna district’s Superintendent of Police instructed PTI.
The ill-fated bus was on its technique to Aaron whereas the dumper was headed in direction of Guna when the accident occurred at round 9 pm, police mentioned.
The SP mentioned there have been round 30 passengers within the bus on the time of the incident and 4 of them someway managed to come back out of the bus and have gone house.
Guna collector Tarun Rathi mentioned the administration is probing the incident.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed grief and introduced an help of Rs 4 lakh every to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 every for the injured.
The chief minister additionally ordered a probe into the accident.
In the meantime, in a message on X, Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia termed the incident as “painful” and mentioned, “Quickly after getting details about the incident, I spoke to the collector and SP and directed them to begin a reduction and rescue operation.” Mr Scindia additionally condoled the demise of the passengers.
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