Bhopal: A major accident took place on Tuesday in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh when a bus carrying passengers fell from a bridge. As per initial reports, several people have died and many have been injured in the tragic incident and the death toll is likely to rise. Police and rescue teams have reached the accident site and are carrying out rescue operations.
News agency ANI quoted Khargone SP Dharam Vir Singh as confirming that 15 people have died and 25 have been injured after a bus fell off a bridge in Khargone. The SP said that at present the rescue operation is going on.
Madhya Pradesh | 15 people were killed and 25 injured when a bus fell off a bridge in Khargone. Rescue operation continues: Dharamveer Singh, SP Khargone pic.twitter.com/X66l8Vt7iT
– ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2023
Several bodies have been pulled out from the Narmada river after the tragic bus accident. It is being told that the accident happened due to the driver losing control of the bus. However, the exact reasons for the accident are yet to be ascertained. It is being told that there were about 50 passengers in the plane. The injured have been immediately taken to the nearest hospital for treatment.
Visuals shared by several users on Twitter showed a private bus lying on the river bed and local people and policemen carrying out relief and rescue operations.
Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh government announced immediate financial assistance of Rs 4-4 lakh to the families of the deceased, Rs 50-50 thousand to the seriously injured and Rs 25-25 thousand to the minorly injured in the Khargone bus accident. Is.