7 Kumbh pilgrims die as wrong-way truck crushes van on Jabalpur bridge | Bhopal Information

Jabalpur: A cement-laden truck sped down the mistaken lane on a bridge close to Jabalpur on Tuesday and crashed right into a Traveller, killing a minimum of seven Mahakumbh pilgrims from Telangana. Two are critically injured.
The Traveller had nowhere to go and no solution to dodge the truck barrelling in direction of it. It was almost ripped down its size within the collision and rescuers needed to reduce by way of mangled steel to achieve the victims. All of them had been shut buddies, mentioned Jabalpur collector Deepak Saxena.
Jabalpur SP Sampat Upadhyay mentioned that 9 pilgrims from Telangana had been travelling again from the Kumbh Mela within the Traveller (registration quantity AP29W 1525). Round 9am, a truck (MP20ZL 9105) immediately entered the mistaken lane and sped in direction of oncoming site visitors on a bridge between Mohla and Bargi villages in Sihora police station space, round 45km from Jabalpur.
The van driver swerved as near edge as he might, even grazing the bridge railings, however the truck stored coming and slammed into it. Crushed between steel and concrete, seven pilgrims died on the spot — Raju, 60, B Santosh, 48, Anand Kansari, 48, Shashi Kansari, Mallareddy, Ravi Kumar, 55, and TV Prasad, 45.
Passersby tried to rescue the victims however the van was horribly mangled that they could not attain them. Even with specialised gear it was a number of hours earlier than police and rescuers might extricate the final sufferer. They had been taken to hospital the place seven had been declared useless on arrival.
Two passengers — Balkrishna Shriram, 61, and Naveenacharya, 51—are in important situation at Govt Medical School in Jabalpur.
Police have discovered that the truck driver had crossed the divider on NH-30 and entered the mistaken aspect.
The truck’s entrance tyre on the motive force’s aspect was deflated, mentioned police. Whether or not this was the reason for the accident or the tyre burst on affect is underneath investigation, mentioned the SP. The motive force fled the scene, abandoning the car, which has been seized by police.
Jabalpur collector Deepak Saxena mentioned officers from Telangana are involved with native administration and the our bodies had been being despatched to their house district. The households of the deceased will obtain monetary help underneath the highway accident scheme, he added.
Extra collector Misa Singhs mentioned eight of the victims had been from Medchal-Malkajgiri district and one was from Ranga Reddy district of Telangana,.
The truck collided with a automotive, too, after hitting the Traveller, however the occupants had a fortunate escape. The van had taken the brunt of the affect, and the automotive driver managed to decelerate simply sufficient for all of them to stroll out unhurt, protected by its airbags.