Three people lost their lives and seven were injured in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh's Morena on Saturday when a dumper and a passenger bus collided en route from Gwalior to Delhi. Superintendent of police (SP) Morena, Shailendra Singh Chauhan while talking to news agency ANI confirmed the fatalities and said that the injured had been admitted to a hospital.
Further details on the matter are awaited.
Earlier this week, a tragedy struck on the Nashik stretch of the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway as a car accident claimed the lives of four people on Monday, leaving several others in critical condition. The incident occurred in Khambale Shivar, Sananr taluka, in the district past midnight. According to a police official speaking to news agency PTI, a Toyota car travelling from Mumbai to Shirdi experienced a tyre blast around 01:00 am, causing the driver to lose control and collide with the divider.
The deceased were identified as Razzaq Ahmed Sheikh (55 years old), Sattar Sheikh Lala Sheikh (65 years old), Sultana Sattar Sheikh (50 years old), and Faiyaz Dagubhai Sheikh (40 years old). The first three individuals died at the scene, while Faiyaz succumbed to his injuries at a nearby hospital.
In another incident this month, seven girl students were hospitalised in Bihar’s Bettiah district after a speeding car ran over them. The incident which was caught on a CCTV camera shows the seven girls on their cycles when a speeding Mahindra Bolero came from behind and ran over them. The girls, who were on their way to coaching classes, were seriously injured in the incident after which they were hospitalised and undergoing treatment, sources told ABP News.