15 Labourers from UP Killed in MP Bus Accident, President, PM and CMs Offer Condolences

 - Sakshi Post

Rewa (MP): In a horrific road accident, fifteen passengers were killed and over 40 sustained injuries after a bus collided with a stationary truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district on Friday night, the officials said on Saturday. 

Fourteen passengers died on the spot while one succumbed to injuries while being shifted to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital. The other injured people are undergoing treatment at the hospital. Couple of the deceased have been identified as Raju Ansari (31) and Kaleem Khan (35), both were natives of Kutraila in Uttar Pradesh. 

The ill-fated bus was on its way to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad when it collided with a truck on National Highway 30 near Sohagi Ghati. Most of the passengers were labourers from different parts of Uttar Pradesh who were going to their native places for the Diwali festival.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that he had briefed his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath about the incident.  

“Critically injured passengers are getting treated free of cost at MP’s Rewa Medical College,” MP CM tweeted.

UP Chief Minister Adityanath offered his condolences to the families of the deceased and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the affected families and Rs 50,000 each for those injured.

President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed sadness over the tragic bus accident in Rewa and offered their condolences to the bereaved family members. 

“I am deeply saddened to hear the news of the death of many passengers due to the accident of a bus going to Gorakhpur from Hyderabad in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. My deepest condolences to all the bereaved families. I wish the injured a speedy recovery,” Murmu tweeted her condolence message in Hindi. 

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