4 Dead, 3 Injured In Truck-SUV Collision Amid Dense Fog In MP's Sagar

Shahgarh police station in-charge Sandeep Khare confirmed that the accident took place near Hirapur village along the Sagar-Chhatarpur Road amid dense fog.

Representational Image | Four people died and three were injured in a truck-SUV collision in Madhya Pradesh due to fog.

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Four people lost their lives, and three others sustained injuries on Monday in a collision between a truck and an SUV in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, police said.

As per the report by news agency PTI, the accident took place near Hirapur village along the Sagar-Chhatarpur Road amid dense fog, according to Sandeep Khare, in-charge of Shahgarh police station.  

Khare mentioned that the SUV was transporting individuals to their workplaces. The injured were rushed to the District Hospital in Sagar for further treatment, he further added.

Farmers On Route To Mahapanchayat In Punjab Injured After Colliding With Truck In Fog

In a separate incident, several farmers were injured in a major road accident in Barnala, Punjab, on Saturday morning (January 4). A bus carrying farmers to a Mahapanchayat collided with a truck along the Khanauri border due to dense fog. This bus was going to the Khanauri border from the village of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who was on a hunger strike.

The accident took place near the jail on the Barnala-Moga National Highway near Gurusar and Sainiwala villages. Several farmers travelling by bus were injured in the accident and were admitted to a government hospital in Barnala.

Some local media reports said that the bus was on the wrong side of the road. The bus conductor and a passenger said that the heavy fog resulted in the accident.

Eight days ago, eight people, including four women, were killed in an accident when a private bus crashed through the railing of a bridge and fell into the Lissara drain in Punjab’s Bathinda. It was pouring at the time of the accident. The bus was carrying 46 people, including the driver, who was killed in the accident.