Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): An SUV vehicle collided with a truck amid dense fog near Dhangawa locality under Sihora police station in Jabalpur on Friday morning, the police station.
According to reports, two persons died on the spot and others sustained injuries. There were a total of seven persons travelling in the vehicle.
Those who died were identified as saint Babaji Tyagi Maharaj and VD Patil, residents of Punegaon, Maharashtra. The injured were identified as Ramchndra, Ratan Kumar, Datta Nagoriya, Madhav Karwakar Pancha, residents of Maharastra and driver Mohammad Nafees, a resident of Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Out of the injured persons, Nafees sustained severe injuries and his condition was said to be critical. Tyagi ji Maharaj was going from Chhattisgarh to Maharashtra.
On getting the information about the incident, Sihora police along with TI Girish Dhurve and SI Ravin Kannauj rushed to the spot. The police immediately took the injured out of the vehicle and admitted them to a nearby hospital.
The police said that after establishing a case, the bodies of the deceased were sent for the post mortem.
