INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
least 21 people were killed and 30 others injured when their mini-truck fell down from a bridge in Madhya Pradesh last night, police
said.They were headed for a wedding in Sidhi, about 570 km from Bhopal, when the driver reportedly lost control over the vehicle, hitting
the barrier of the bridge over Son river in Sidhi, and nosediving into the dry riverbed
The 100-foot fall instantly killed over 15 people while others suffered critical injuries.The mini-truck fell off the Jogdaha bridge near
Amelia and turned turtle, an officer said.Passersby informed the police and rescue teams rushed to the spot
The injured were admitted to the district hospital
The police say the casualties might go up as people were still trapped inside the vehicle
Efforts are on to safely bring them out, he said.Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced an assistance of Rs 2 lakh
each to the families of the dead and Rs 50,000 each to the injured, the district collector said.Last week, at least 18 construction workers
died and several others injured when a speeding truck overturned in near Khandala in Maharashtra
Their vehicle had rammed a barricade near Khambatki ghat before overturning on Mumbai-Bengaluru highway.Around the same time, 30 people,
including 27 children, were killed in a dealy crash when a school bus plunged into a ravine in the Himalayan foothills.(With inputs from
