Two persons were killed and a dozen got injured when a suburban bus turned turtle on Mhow Pithampur road here on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at around 7.45 am when a suburban bus (MP-13-P-0583) loaded with passengers turned turtle near Royal Town colony on Mhow Pithampur four lane after the bus hit road divider in an attempt to overtake another bus.
Soon after in the incident people from nearby gathered at the incident site and tried to extricate the people from inside the bus by breaking open its window. In the incident, two people identified as lalita Verma and lokesh were killed, while about 15 passengers sustained injuries. They were later rushed to various hospitals for their treatment.
Among the injured include Abdul Rajaaq (35), a resident of Choti Kalani Mhow, Balram Hukum Singh (32) of Gawli Palasia, Urmila Sher Singh (60) of Mhow, Yusuf Ishaq (23) of Bada Basti, Kailash Rajaram (26) of Shanti Nagar Mhow Gaon, Manoj Arun Prasad (20) of Pithampur, Kailash Matadin (45) of Gujarkheda, Anil Ramsewak Vishwakarma (35) of Dhar Naka, Deepak alias Devi Prasad (20) of Kishanganj, Amir Ibrahim (34) of Gujarkheda and Vijay Radheshyam Chowre (35) of Shanti Nagar.
According to passengers who escaped injures, over 35 passengers had boarded this bus in Mhow. The driver of the bus was driving recklessly and in an attempt to overtake another bus, it hit the road divider and turned turtle resulting in the accident, the passengers said.