Yahoo Finance 13 killed, including 12 women, after auto collides with speeding bus in Madhya Pradesh
Twelve women and a man died after the auto-rickshaw carrying them collided with a speeding bus in Old Chawni area in Gwalior on Tuesday morning, police said.
The accident happened around 7 am when the women, who were cooks at an 'anganwadi kendra' were returning home after work, Gwalior SP Amit Sanghi said.
While eight women and the auto driver died on the spot, the others succumbed to their injuries in a hospital, he said.
The state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan condoled the deaths of the people and announced compensation to their families.
मैं और प्रदेश की जनता दुःख की इस घड़ी में शोकाकुल परिवारों के साथ है। वे स्वयं को अकेला ना समझें।
प्रदेश सरकार की ओर से प्रत्येक मृतक के परिवार को 4 लाख और घायलों को 50 हजार रुपए सहायता राशि दी जायेगी।— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) March 23, 2021
