Five killed, 12 injured in accidents in MP’s Betul district

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kamla Joshi said the victims were labourers returning location to their colony from Betul railway presumption successful a tractor-trolley.

The conveyance overturned, sidesplitting 2 of them, she said, adding that the injured were taken to a hospital.
The authoritative said the labourers had travelled to Betul from Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, wherever they had gone to enactment successful a mill a period ago.

District Collector Narendra Raghuvanshi said determination were 21 persons connected the tractor-trolley, each residents of Bakud and Dulara villages successful Ghoradongri tehsil, who returned from Kanyakumari for the festive season.

He said 1 of 3 critically injured persons was referred to Bhopal for further treatment.

In different mishap successful the district, 3 persons were killed erstwhile a motortruck deed their two-wheeler connected Betul-Athner roadworthy astir 11 p.m. connected Saturday, constabulary said.

The mishap occurred adjacent Bharkawadi village, astir 10 km from the territory headquarters, said Anjana Dhurve, the in-charge of Betul Bazar constabulary station.

A motortruck transporting fertiliser deed the two-wheeler, and the injured men were rushed to the hospital, wherever doctors declared them dead, she said.

The authoritative said the victims were identified arsenic Vijay (35), Krishna Dhurve (20) and Raghunath Sareyam (38).
A lawsuit was registered against the motortruck operator who fled from the spot, leaving the conveyance behind, she said.