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Madhya Pradesh: 3 Killed, 28 Injured In Seoni

At least 3 persons killed, and 28 injured when a car and a bus collided in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district on Saturday.

As per police, 5 people were travelling in a car when it jumped into another lane and collided head-on with the bus.

The bus was carrying 26 police personnel.

The accident occurred near Dhanagada village, Keolari tehsil, under the jurisdiction of Keolari police station in Seoni district.

Seoni SP Rakesh Kumar Singh stated, “The accident occurred at around 1 am. A bus carrying police personnel for duty left from Mandla and some people in a car were coming from Nagpur and going towards Mandla.”

“When they reached Dhanagada, the car driver tried to overtake. There was another vehicle moving ahead of him and ended up colliding head-on with the bus arriving from the opposite direction,” he added.

He further said, “The collision was so intense that the shaft of the bus broke down. Due to this, the bus went out of control and overturned, injuring all 26 police personnel inside.”

The deceased have been identified as Kanhaiya Jaswani (78), Nikhilesh Jaswani (45), and Raju Mahishad, all residents of Mandla district.

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