Massive Car Crash Leaves 11 Dead After Their SUV Rams Into Bus in India's Madhya Pradesh - Photo

© AP Photo / Kevin FrayerRelatives look out through an ambulance window as they take for burial the body of a man who died in the collapse of a four-story apartment building in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010
Relatives look out through an ambulance window as they take for burial the body of a man who died in the collapse of a four-story apartment building in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 - Sputnik International, 1920, 04.11.2022
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi lamented the loss of life in car crash in Betul district and announced an ex-gratia payment of INR 200,000 ($2,423) to the next of kin of each deceased and INR 50,000 ($605) for each person who has sustained injuries.
Eleven people, including two children, died after the sports utility vehicle (SUV) in which they were traveling collided with an empty bus in India's Madhya Pradesh state during the early hours of Friday, police said.
The accident took place around 2am local time in Bhainsdehi Road in the Jhallar region of Betul district. Initial investigations suggest that the driver of the SUV dozed off, as a result of which the car drove into the bus.
One person reportedly survived and is undergoing treatment at the nearest hospital, but 11 people died on the spot.
Shivraj Singh Thakur, an assistant sub-inspector in the Betul police control room, told a local news agency that the severity of the accident was such that the bodies of some victims had to be taken out from the mangled remains of the SUV using wire cutters.
According to police, the deceased were laborers who were returning home from Amravati city in the neighboring state of Maharashtra.
© Photo : Twitter/@ANI_MP_CG_RJMassive Car Crash Leaves 11 Dead After Their SUV Rams into Bus in India's Madhya Pradesh -Photo
Massive Car Crash Leaves 11 Dead After Their SUV Rams into Bus in India's Madhya Pradesh -Photo - Sputnik International, 1920, 04.11.2022
Massive Car Crash Leaves 11 Dead After Their SUV Rams into Bus in India's Madhya Pradesh -Photo
The police have opened an inquiry and are investigating the cause of the crash.
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