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Sidhi/Rewa17 minutes ago
14 passengers were killed in a horrific road accident on Friday night in Barkhara village on the Churhat-Rewa National Highway in Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. 50 are injured. The condition of 10 of them is critical. Eight of the dead died on the spot, while the rest died in the hospital. The accident happened due to bursting of the truck’s tyre. The truck rammed three parked buses from behind. So far only seven dead have been identified.
These buses were returning directly after attending the Mahakumbh of Kol Samaj held in Satna. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and CM Shivraj Singh also participated in this program. CM Shivraj was in Sidhi. They reached the spot as soon as they got the information.
The truck was full of cement, overturned after the collision
Eyewitnesses told that the accident happened at some distance from Mohania tunnel at 9 pm. Here a speeding truck hit three buses. Two buses fell into a 10 feet deep gorge. At the same time, a bus overturned on the highway itself. The truck was full of cement, overturned after the collision.
See the pictures after the accident in the first photos.
After the collision, a bus fell into a road ditch. The stranded passengers were pulled out with difficulty.
Another bus completely overturned on the road itself.
This is a photo of the truck. After colliding, he overturned there.
The injured were taken out of the bus. Due to leg injury, many sat there.
The bus has been badly damaged in the accident. Local people helped in the rescue.
Buses stopped for tea and water at the accident site
It is being told that in order to mobilize the crowd in the program of Kol Tribe Mahakumbh organized in Satna, all the districts of Vindhya region were given a target of filling 300 buses to bring people. The program ended at 5.30 pm. All the buses were going directly from Satna via Mohania Tunnel via Rampur Baghelan and Rewa.
Three buses were stopped for some time near Barkhada village in Churhat police station area of Sidhi district, one kilometer away from the tunnel. Here tea and snacks were arranged for the passengers. Meanwhile, a cement-laden truck coming from behind hit all the three buses. There were 50 to 60 passengers from all the three buses.
The injured have been brought to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Rewa.
10-10 lakh rupees to the relatives of the deceased
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased, Rs 2 lakh each to the seriously injured and Rs 1 lakh each to the moderately injured. Chief Minister Shivraj reached the spot at night itself. He took stock of the situation. State BJP President VD Sharma was also present with him. Earlier, Sidhi Collector and SP also inspected the spot. Straight MP Reeti Pathak also reached the spot. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Kamal Nath, Ajay Singh also expressed grief over the accident.