In a road accident, at least 14 people died in which a cement-laden truck hit three buses parked on the side of a road on the Rewa-Satna border in Madhya Pradesh. Around 60 people have also been injured in the accident, officials said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the families of those killed in the accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi. “The injured would be given ₹50,000,” tweeted PMO.
The accident took place around 9 pm on Friday outside a tunnel near Barkhada village and people in the buses were returning from the ’Kol Mahakumbh’ in Satna city, officials said.
According to witnesses, the truck hit the buses from behind and one of the buses overturned and fell into a ditch.
They said the accident happened near the Mohania tunnel around 9 p.m. when the buses had stopped for the distribution of food packets to the passengers returning after attending the Mahakumbh, they said.
“Fourteen persons were killed and 60 others were injured. Of the injured persons, the condition of three is very serious,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Dr Rajesh Rajora.
