Shajapur (Madhya Pradesh): Five passengers died while 15 were injured after a bus collided head on with a truck in Shahjapur on wee hours of Thursday morning.
The accident happened near a Dargha on the Ujjain-Maksi road under Maksi police station limits in the district around 3:30 am on Thursday.
"A passenger bus was on its way to Ahmedabad from Madhogarh in Uttar Pradesh collided with a truck moving from Ujjain near a Dargha on Ujjain road in which three persons, including two women died on spot spot while one more died undergoing treatment at Ujjain district hospital.
"15 injured persons are undergoing treatment at Ujjain district hospital," Sub Inspector of Maksi police station Dipesh Vyas said.
One of the doctors of Ujjain district hospital, Dr Kuldeep Pandey said, "Around 4:30 am, 15 patients were admitted here out of which one was critical. Proper treatment was given to all the patients but one patient died while other patients are stable. Most of them have fractures in their bodies."
Further details awaited.
