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MAIHAR (Madhya Pradesh), Sep. 29, 2024 (TBINN)
Death toll in the accident of a private bus in Madhya Pradesh’s Maihar District has gone up to nine as three more persons succumbed to their injuries, Police said today.
The accident happened on National Highway No. 30, about 25 kilometers from the district headquarters.
Nearly 20 persons were also injured after the bus rammed into a stationary stone-laden truck in Maihar late night, Police said.
The bus was heading for Nagpur via Rewa after starting from Prayagraj when it crashed near Nadan Dehat Police Station, Maihar’s Superintendent of Police Sudhir Agrawal told the Press.
While six fatalities were reported earlier, three more persons succumbed to injuries in a hospital, taking the death toll to nine, all male, whivh includes a four-year-old boy, S.P. Maihar, Sudhir Agarwal shared.
The injured have been admitted to different hospitals, including in Rewa. Initially it appears the bus was running at high speed, Police doubt.
Rescue teams had to use a gas cutter and an excavator machine to make way through the wrecked bus to pull out the passengers, Sudhir Agrawal disclosed.
The rescue operation was wrapped up at around 2 A.M. today, according to police.
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