A police officer, posted as Company Commander with the Special Armed Forces (SAF) in Bhopal, was on Sunday killed in a road accident near Dewas. According to the police, the deceased Shivkumar Singh along with his wife Pushpa had left in his car from Bhopal for meeting his son in Indore, at around 7 am. On the way at around 10 am, near Jaitpura village under Dewas Bank note press police station, he lost control over the steering and the vehicle and it went off the road and collided with a tree.
Shivkumar died on way to hospital, while the condition of Pushpa is reportedly critical at Indore. Shivkumar was posted in seventh battalion of the SAF in Bhopal. The locals informed that the accident was so intense that the front portion of the Alto car was completely damaged. With the impact, Shivkumar got entangled with the steering. He sustained serious injuries in the head and probably due to excessive bleeding, he died on way to hospital.
Police sources informed that first the passersby tried to take out the victims from the vehicle, but having failed in the process, they informed police and subsequently an ambulance reached the spot and rushed them to hospital in Indore. Pushpa Singh is admitted in MY hospital of Indore. Since, she had also sustained head injuries with sudden collision with the windscreen, her condition is reportedly critical.