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A heart-wrenching incident happened in Madhya Pradesh, as many as 13 people have been killed after a passenger bus caught fire following an accident in Guna district on Wednesday night.
According to the police, 17 others sustained injuries in this tragic incident, where a private bus collided head-on with a dumper on the Guna-Aaron road. The injured people have been shifted to nearby hospitals.
Speaking to the media, Guna District Collector Tarun Rathi has confirmed the death and the injured are out of danger.
"Seventeen people are currently undergoing treatment at the district hospital, and they are reported to be out of danger, while thirteen people lost their lives in the accident involving a bus and a truck," the District Collector said.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s bodies were charred beyond recognition in the blaze, amid which a DNA test will be conducted to identify them.
He added that all the bodies have been removed from the accident spot, and a detailed examination to find the cause of the accident is underway.
Briefing the incident, a senior police officer told news agency PTI that there were around 30 passengers on the bus at the time of the incident. Four of them somehow managed to come out of the bus and have gone home, he added.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav ordered a probe into the incident and announced assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each for the injured.
Further, he also expressed his condolences to the deceased's families through his post on his X account.