HighLights
  1. Bus-truck collision on NH 39 near Badwar, Rewa.
  2. Five people dead, twenty-one injured in severe accident.
  3. Officials overseeing rescue operations; police investigating incident.

Naidunia Correspondent, Rewa | A horrific road accident occurred on Wednesday evening near the Badwar stop on the Rewa-Sidhi route of National Highway 39, in Madhya Pradesh. According to preliminary information, a passenger bus and a truck collided, leaving five people dead and 21 injured.

The impact was so severe that both vehicles overturned. The incident took place around 4.30 pm near Badwar within the jurisdiction of Gudh police station, about 30 kilometres from the district headquarters.

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Upon receiving information about the incident, the Gudh police station in-charge arrived at the scene with police force and immediately initiated relief and rescue operations. Passengers were trapped in the crashed vehicles. Efforts were underway to take the injured to the hospital.

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Reacting to the incident, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed his condolences and announced financial support for the family of victims. "The news of the tragic loss of passengers in today's collision between a bus and a bulker on the Rewa-Sidhi highway is utterly heart-wrenching. Prayers for eternal peace to the souls of the departed and for the swift recovery of the injured. Instructions have been issued to provide financial assistance of 2-2 lakh rupees each to the families of the deceased and 1-1 lakh rupees each to those seriously injured, from the state government's side," he wrote on X.

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Top Officials Rush To The Spot

Considering the severity of the accident, Rewa Collector Narendra Kumar Suryavanshi and Superintendent of Police Dr Gurkaran Singh arrived at the scene. In addition, Gurh SDM Sudhakar Singh, Tehsildar Arun Yadav, Raipur Karchuliyan Police Station in-charge Rajkumar Tiwari, and other officers and employees of the district police department were present at the scene.

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The local administration was monitoring the relief and rescue operations at the site. The exact number of deaths and injuries in the accident has not yet been officially confirmed. The administration is assessing the situation, and relief and rescue operations are ongoing.

Local residents rushed to the scene to help the victims and alerted the police. Several ambulances were dispatched to transport the injured to the district hospital. Sub-Divisional Magistrate Anurag Tiwari said that several injured persons are being treated in the hospital. Police are probing the accident, he added.

(With PTI/Naidunia Reporter Shyam Mishra's Inputs)


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