In Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, nine people, including five minors, were killed and two others were injured when a cement -filled truck climbed on a car.
The accident occurred between Sajeli Gate (Railway Crossing) on Thandla-Jhabua road in Meghnagar police station area of the district between 12 and a half hours in the early hours of Wednesday. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and rushed the bodies and the injured to the hospital.
Meghnagar police station in -charge KL Barkare said, “The accident occurred between 12:30 to 1 pm in which a truck full of cement overturned and fell on the car. A total of nine people died and their bodies have been sent for postmortem in the accident.”
He said that two people were injured in the accident, who are undergoing treatment.
According to the information, 11 people were riding in the car and they were returning after attending a wedding ceremony. Meanwhile, on reaching Sajeli Gate, a truck full of cement overturned on the car and the car was shattered.
According to the police, the dead have been identified as Mukesh Khaped (40), Vinod Khaped (16), Kumari Payal (12), Madibai (38), Vijay Bamaniya (14), Shivgarh Mahuda village resident Kumari Kanta (14), Ragini (9) and Shawalibai (35) and Devigarh village resident Akli Parmar (35).
