In a tragic accident, a bus full of devotees travelling to Prayagraj collided with a truck on the Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border.
The incident from Wednesday morning killed one person and left 18 others injured, officials said. The injured persons were admitted to the Anuppur district hospital, the official said.
The accident happened due to the truck parked in the middle of the road...Highway patrolling is investigating the matter," he added.
Further investigations are underway by the highway patrolling team, the official added.
The incident took place between 6 am and 7 am near Kahairjhiti village following which police personnel from Anuppur district in MP and Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district in Chhattisgarh reached the spot, a police official said.
The private bus was carrying devotees from Jagdalpur, the headquarters of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, he said.
The bus crashed into the stationary truck, which had broken down and was parked on the roadside, the official said.
An investigation was on into the accident.
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"A bus travelling from Raipur collided with a backdown trailer loaded with coal that was standing at the Anuppur-Chhattisgarh border. Many devotees have been injured, and one has died. The injured have been referred to the Anuppur District Hospital," the official told the media.
Meanwhile, in another incident, a couple and their daughter were killed and two other family members injured when their speeding car collided with a truck in Madhya Pradesh's Maihar district on Wednesday, police said.
The accident took place at around 1.30 pm when the family was returning from Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh to their home in Mumbai, Maihar Kotwali police station in-charge Animesh Dwivedi said.
The car driver lost control over the wheels, following which the vehicle collided with a truck parked on a roadside near Narora village on National Highway no. 30, located around 20 km from the district headquarters, according to police.
Three car occupants died on the spot while two others were injured, the official said.
The deceased have been identified as Sunil Kumar Upadhyay (62), his wife Sarojita Upadhyay (56) and their daughter Sneha Upadhyay (28), the official said.
Two other members of Upadhyay's family were injured and undergoing treatment at the district hospital, he said.
The police registered a case and an investigation was underway into the incident, he added.
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