Mhow: Four people died and 10 others were injured in a horrific road accident in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow district in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police officials said. The accident took place in the Manpur police station area, they said.
When the incident came to light, a police team from Manpur police station reached the spot and the injured were sent to the district hospital for treatment, officials added.
According to the police, the incident took place at 2:30 am. The passengers in the accident-hit Tempo Traveller are residents of Karnataka. Police said a Tempo Traveller collided with a tanker moving ahead at around 2.30 am in Manpur Bhairav Ghat. In this accident, two passengers from the Traveller died on the spot, while two bike riders passing by also got hit during the collision and died.
Apart from this, 10 people sitting in the Traveller, including women, men and children, were seriously injured. The accident was so severe that the traveller's vehicle was shattered to pieces. The injured are being treated at Indore's MY Hospital. The police are investigating the entire matter.
Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Ravi of Manpur police station said, "Before the collision between the traveller and the truck, the traveller had hit a bike. Shubham, a resident of Sendhwa in Madhya Pradesh and Himanshu, a resident of Dharampuri, have died. Two women travelling in the traveller have also died. Efforts are being made to identify them."
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