Five people died while four sustained serious injuries after a head-on collision between a car and a truck on the Ashta-Pachor-Shujalpur road near Mena Godi village in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district on Monday afternoon.
The accident was so severe that the Bolero car was completely mangled, and the five people died on the spot. According to eyewitnesses, three people were thrown approximately 15 to 20 feet from the vehicle after the collision, while several others, including the driver, were trapped inside the Bolero.
Local villagers and police rushed to the site after the fatal accident. They pulled the injured out after considerable effort and took them to a hospital.
Nine were onboard Bolero; five killed
Speaking about the accident, Ashta SDOP Damodar Gupta said that a total of nine people were aboard the Bolero. All of the occupants were residents of Bhiyapura village in the Kalipeeth police station area of Rajgarh district.
The occupants were on their way to Ashta for medical treatment when the tragic accident took place.
The deceased and injured included Rajaram Sundar (45), Bhagwan (50), Inder Singh (55), Radheshyam (38), Banesingh (22), Gulabchand (30), Hemraj (25), Deviram (60), and Amarsingh (45).
Seriously injured referred to Bhopal, truck driver absconding
Two of the injured suffered broken legs, and another suffered serious head injuries. All the injured were initially taken to Ashta Civil Hospital, from where they were referred to Sehore District Hospital and later, in critical condition, to Bhopal.
The police have sent the bodies of the five deceased for postmortem examination. The police are currently holding legal proceedings for the deceased. After the accident, the driver of the truck fled the scene and is absconding. The police have launched a hunt to nab him.