2 dead, 27 injured after bus collides with truck in MP’s Khargone

Narayan Lal, an injured passenger, alleged that the accident took place due to the bus driver's careless driving.

Khargone: Two passengers were killed and 27 others injured after a bus collided with a truck in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday morning, police said.

The accident occurred near Kasrawad town when the bus was going towards Indore, an official said. “A 42-year-old man and a woman aged 32 – both of them bus passengers – were killed and 27 others injured in this accident,” Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Tarunendra Singh Baghel said.

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Narayan Lal, an injured passenger, alleged that the accident took place due to the bus driver’s careless driving.

The bus was speeding and the driver lost control over it at a turn that resulted in its collision with a truck, he said.

The officials said that 15 seriously injured persons have been admitted to the Khargone district hospital, while others are undergoing treatment at a community health centre in Kasrawad. The truck driver was among the seriously injured persons, they said.