Bus-dumper collision in MP: Toll rises to 13

The ill-fated bus was on its way to Aaron while the dumper was headed towards Guna when the accident occurred at around 9 p.m.

The death toll in the accident involving a private bus which caught fire after a collision with a dumper in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district rose to 13 on December 28, an official said.

One more body was recovered from the accident site. It is probably the driver of the dumper that collided with the bus, sub- divisional magistrate Dinesh Sanvle told PTI.

The private bus collided head-on with the dumper on Guna-Aaron road, the official said, adding that the injured were rushed to the Guna district hospital for treatment.

The ill-fated bus was on its way to Aaron while the dumper was headed towards Guna when the accident occurred at around 9 p.m., police said.

The SP said there were around 30 passengers in the bus at the time of the incident and four of them somehow managed to come out of the bus and have gone home.

Guna collector Tarun Rathi said the administration is probing the incident.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed grief and announced assistance of ₹4 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and ₹50,000 each for the injured.

The Chief Minister also ordered a probe into the accident.

Meanwhile, in a message on X, Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia termed the incident as “painful” and said, “Soon after getting information about the incident, I spoke to the collector and SP and directed them to start a relief and rescue operation." Scindia also condoled the demise of the passengers.