A truck driver was killed when his vehicle rammed into the gate of a crematorium in this district headquarters early on Tuesday.
The truck, which was conveying green bananas from Maharashtra to Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, lost its way and entered into the town. later, it dashed into the gate of a crematorium on Harda-Khandwa Road. While driver Ganesh Sauda died on the spot, truck cleaner Mukdu Tadwi received minor injuries and was admitted to hospital.
Meanwhile, a major mishap was averted when a fire broke out in a truck after its tyre burst in this district's Old Sabji Mandi area in the wee hours today, police said. The empty truck was standing after unloading vegetables at the market last night when the fire broke out at around 4.30 am.
Nearby people rushed to douse the flames with water from their houses before fire tenders arrived.
Their prompt action kept the fire from reaching the diesel tank thereby preventing a major tragedy.