MP: Four killed, five injured in Sagar road accident
MP: Four killed, five injured in Sagar road accident Sagar, Nov 9 (IANS) Four persons were killed and five others injured when a speeding truck collided head-on with a sports utility vehicle (SUV) on National Highway 44 in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district on Monday morning, an official said.
The accident took place near Gopalpura village under Deori police station limits when the truck coming from the opposite direction rammed into the SUV, carrying nine occupants. According to officials, all the occupants of the SUV, identified as a Maruti Ertiga, were residents of Bhainsa village and were travelling to Barman in neighbouring Narsinghpur district to take a holy dip in the Narmada River on the occasion of Amavasya.
The collision was so severe that the front portion of the SUV was badly crushed, leaving its occupants trapped inside the mangled vehicle. The impact of the crash left little room for the passengers to escape, prompting an immediate rescue effort.
After receiving information, Deori police personnel reached the accident site and, with the assistance of residents, pulled out the trapped occupants. The injured were initially taken to a hospital in Deori for medical attention before five of them were shifted to Bundelkhand Medical College and Hospital in Sagar for further treatment.
“Four persons died in the accident, while the five injured have been admitted to Bundelkhand Medical College and Hospital,” Deori Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Munawar Khan said. The bodies of the deceased were sent for post-mortem examination, while the injured are undergoing treatment.
The truck driver fled the scene after the collision, leaving the vehicle involved in the accident. Police have registered a case and launched a search to trace and arrest the absconding driver. The police are investigating the circumstances leading to the collision, including the sequence of events preceding the crash. The accident turned a religious pilgrimage into a tragedy for the occupants, who had set out from their village to visit the Narmada River on the auspicious occasion of Amavasya.
