At least nine persons were killed and 23 others injured in a massive road mishap as a bus carrying passengers rammed into a stationary truck in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday morning.
The police confirmed the death of nine persons while 23 others have been rushed to Hospital in injured condition. Seven of these persons are said to be critical. The dead include five men, three women and a kid. The incident took place at Gudh highway.
According to a senior police officer from Rewa, a family which lives near the spot claimed that there was a huge sound and they saw a passenger bus lying damaged besides a truck which was parked on the roadside.
The eye witnesses claimed that the bus was running on a fast pace and the driver seems to have lost control.
Total 32 persons involved in the mishap reached Sanjay Gandhi Medical College Rewa in injured condition and nine of these were dead, said the police officer. Leva Aadivasi, the driver of the bus died in the accident.
Transport rules also where flouted by the bus operator as the bus had the permission to ply between Satna and Baidhan while it was running from Jabalpur to Sidhi via Rewa.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath condoled the deaths promising all possible help to the injured.