Madhya Pradesh: 15 Family Members en Route to Attend Relative’s Funeral Die, As Tractor-Trolley Collides With Their Jeep
The impact was substantial that the vehicle was crushed and it flipped upside down on the road.
Madhya Pradesh, June 21: Fifteen members of a family in Madhya Pradesh was on their way to attend the last rites of their relative when they were killed in a road accident after a tractor-trolley rammed into their jeep. According to a PTI report, the fatal crash took place at around 5:30 am in Morena, which is 456 kilometer from Bhopal.
According to reports, five other family members travelling in the jeep are injured, among the twenty who were travelling. Reportedly, just as their jeep took a turn in Morena's Ghurghan village, a sand-laden tractor came from the opposite direction and collided.
The impact was substantial that the vehicle was crushed and it flipped upside down on the road. According to the NDTV report, passer-by who saw the accident called up the police control room, and informed the police. The authorities faced a tough time to get the bodies out from the mangled jeep. The driver of the tractor-trolley, carrying sand allegedly mined illegally from the National Chambal Sanctuary, fled the spot after the accident.
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