NEW DELHI: 13 people, including four children, were killed and 15 injured after a tractor-trolley overturned late Sunday night in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district.
The accident occurred in Piplodhijad from where the two injured were rushed to Bhopal for advance care due to wounds to the head and chest, Rajgarh Collector Harsh Dikshit told the news agency PTI.
Other 13 injured have been admitted to a district hospital.
“The toll is unlikely to go up since the two severely injured persons are out of danger,” he said.
The victims were members of a marriage party that had come from neighbouring Rajasthan, local residents said.
Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav has expressed his deepest condolences and said that the state government is in constant touch with the Rajasthan government.
“The news of the untimely death of 13 people from the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan due to the overturning of a tractor-trolley on Piplodi Road in Rajgarh district is extremely sad. Leader Narayan Singh Panwar along with the collector and SP Rajgarh are present on the spot. We are in touch with the Rajasthan government and Rajasthan police have also reached the spot,” said CM Mohan Yadav on X.
“The treatment of the injured is going on in the district hospital, Rajgarh and some seriously injured patients have been referred to Bhopal…My deepest condolences are with the bereaved families. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” he added.
The accident occurred in Piplodhijad from where the two injured were rushed to Bhopal for advance care due to wounds to the head and chest, Rajgarh Collector Harsh Dikshit told the news agency PTI.
Other 13 injured have been admitted to a district hospital.
“The toll is unlikely to go up since the two severely injured persons are out of danger,” he said.
The victims were members of a marriage party that had come from neighbouring Rajasthan, local residents said.
Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav has expressed his deepest condolences and said that the state government is in constant touch with the Rajasthan government.
“The news of the untimely death of 13 people from the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan due to the overturning of a tractor-trolley on Piplodi Road in Rajgarh district is extremely sad. Leader Narayan Singh Panwar along with the collector and SP Rajgarh are present on the spot. We are in touch with the Rajasthan government and Rajasthan police have also reached the spot,” said CM Mohan Yadav on X.
“The treatment of the injured is going on in the district hospital, Rajgarh and some seriously injured patients have been referred to Bhopal…My deepest condolences are with the bereaved families. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” he added.
