Four people were killed and one injured after their speeding car rammed into a truck laden with tiles in Bhopal on Sunday morning. The accident took place near
Chinar Fortune City on the Bhopal-Hoshangabad road around 3.30 am.
The speeding car was heading towards Misroad when the driver lost control and seconds later crashed into the truck. “After being alerted, police and a team of Bhopal Municipal Corporation reached the spot. With the help of an iron cutter and JCB, the damaged car stuck under the truck was pulled out and the bodies were sent for postmortem while the injured was rushed to a private hospital for treatment,” an official said.
Out of the five people travelling in the car, four men, in the age group of 25 to 30 years, died on the spot, the official added. Two of the deceased have been identified as Aditya Pandey and Hitesh, both residents of Bhopal’s Awadhpuri area. The identity of the other two victims is yet to be ascertained.
The truck driver fled from the spot, leaving his vehicle behind, the official said. A case has been registered. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also expressed grief over the loss of lives in the road accident.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote in Hindi, which loosely translated to English reads, “Saddened by the news of the untimely demise of many precious lives in an accident caused by a collision between a car and a truck on Bhopal-Hoshangabad road. I pray to God to grant the departed souls a place at his feet and strength to the family members to bear this profound pain. Peace!”