Raisen, Madhya Pradesh:

Five persons were killed and 11 injured after a truck overtaking from the wrong side ploughed into a marriage procession in Sultanpur in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district on Monday, a senior official said.

The marriage procession was proceeding from Anchalkheda in Hoshangabad district and the incident took place at 10pm near Khamaria village, Raisen Collector Arvind Dubey told PTI.

“Five persons were killed and 11 injured. Of the injured, the condition of five is serious. They have been shifted to Bhopal. Cops are probing the incident,” he said.

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Raisen, Madhya Pradesh:

The driver and cleaner of a gas tanker were charred to death as the vehicle caught fire after falling into a gorge in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district on Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred around 3.30 pm on the Bhopal-Jabalpur Highway under Sultanpur police station limits, about 40 km from the district headquarters, an official said.

The driver of the capsule tanker transporting LPG lost control of the vehicle, and it fell into a gorge, Sultanpur police station in-charge Rajat Sarathe said.

The tanker caught fire, and the blaze spread to a few huts in the vicinity, killing four to five cattle, he said.

Both the driver and cleaner were charred to death, and their identity is yet to be ascertained, the official said.

Fire tenders were called in from neighbouring towns, and the firefighting operation was underway, he said.

A case has been registered in this regard, the official said.

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