The family was going from Bhind towards Gwalior when a speeding truck coming from behind rammed into the car. After the collision, the truck went out of control and crashed into the bushes on the right side of the road.
The car was completely mangled after the accident
Gwalior: At least four people were killed after a speeding truck collided with a car on the Bhind Road highway near Bantu Dhaba here in Gwalior. The deceased include two women and two men.
All the deceased were from Bhind district. At about 8 in the morning as their car reached near Bantu Dhaba, a speeding truck coming from behind rammed into it.
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Deceased Identified
According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Saurabh Sharma, a resident of Mehgaon (Bhind), Jyoti Yadav (Bhind), Bhure Prajapati (Gormi) Bhind, and Uma Rathore, wife of Ram Rathore, a resident of Moroli Bhind.
The accident site
From Bhind To Gwalior
The family was going from Bhind towards Gwalior when a speeding truck coming from behind rammed into the car. After the collision, the truck went out of control and crashed into the bushes on the right side of the road.
The police arrived at the spot and started relief and rescue operations. The police have recovered the four bodies from the car and sent them for post-mortem examination.
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Saurabh was going to Agra to take his BSc Agriculture exam. The car belonged to his brother. He found a ride to Gwalior along the way, and those people also died in the accident.
Jyoti's sister, Neelam Yadav, said that they received information in the morning that an accident had occurred in Malanpur. My sister was also in the car. She was going to Mathura, so she had left from Gormi. Jyoti has two children. She had left home alone.
Saurabh's brother, Ankit, said that Saurabh had left home around 6 AM. He was 24 years old. He has two brothers and one sister in his family. It is worth noting that the visibility in Gwalior this morning was between 200 and 500 meters.
Truck veered into bushes after the collision
After the collision, the truck went out of control and veered into the bushes on the right side of the road. Upon receiving information about the accident, the police reached the spot and started rescue operations. The police removed the four bodies from the car, took them into custody, and sent them for post-mortem examination.
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Preliminary investigations suggest that the cause of the accident was dense fog and speeding. The police are currently searching for the truck driver and the investigation is ongoing. Traffic in the area was also affected for some time after the accident. The truck's number is MP 07 HB 2801 and the car's number is MP 07 ZF 5193.
