Guna, Madhya Pradesh: Ten people, including an infant, were killed and 47 others injured when their bus rammed into a stationary truck in Guna district in the central state of Madhya Pradesh in the early hours on Monday, a police official said.
The private bus was on its way to Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat from Banda in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh when it hit the truck’s rear side on a road near Ruthiyai town around 4.30am IST, Guna Police Station in-charge Vivek Asthana told news agency PTI.
The truck was stranded on the road due to some technical problem, the police said.
Seven persons, including the bus driver, died on the spot while three others succumbed to injuries in the district hospital, Asthana said.
The deceased included nine men and a one-and-a-half- year old girl.
The injured persons were admitted in the district hospital where the condition of three of them was reported to be serious, he said.
A case was registered in connection with the accident, the police added.
Further details were awaited.
