3 Killed, 21 injured as bus collided with a stationary truck in Madhya Pradesh

3 Killed, 21 injured as bus collided with a stationary truck in Madhya Pradesh

Tikamgarh: 3 persons, including a woman, were killed and Twenty One others were injured when a private bus collided with a stationary truck close to Madia village here on Thursday, police said.

A bus, ferrying commuters from Madhya Pradesh's Palera town to Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, crashed into a stationary truck near Madia village here, the official said.

At least fifty passengers were travelling in the bus at the time of the incident, Prithvipur police station in-charge, Mrigendra Tripathi said.

While passengers Ramkali (45) and Chiddiram (41) died on the spot, bus driver Suresh (42) succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, an authority said.

The injured persons were rushed to Prithvipur primary health centre, from where 7 severely injured commuters were referred to Jhansi Medical College for treatment, he said, including that the incident is under investigation.

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