Road Mishap in MP : 5 Killed, 18 Hurt

Jabalpur: Five passengers were killed and 18 others injured when their bus overturned after colliding with a truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district today.

The private bus, which was going from Katni to Balaghat, collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction and then overturned, Bargi police station in-charge R D Dwivedi said.

Five passengers, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed in the mishap, he said.

Eighteen others sustained injuries, the official said, adding that they were admitted to a government hospital in Jabalpur.