15 killed, 25 injured as bus falls off bridge in MP’s Khargone

PTI | | Posted Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao

Fifteen persons were killed and 20 to 25 other people injured when a bus fell from a bridge in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone drict on Tuesday morning, state Home Miner Narottam Mishra said.

Khargone: Locals gather at the site after a bus fell from a bridge in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone drict, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. At least 15 people were killed and 25 others injured in the accident, according to officials.(PTI)

The incident took place at 8.40 am. The bus fell from the bridge on a dry bed of the Borad river near Dongargaon village, he said. “Fifteen people were killed and nearly 20-25 others were injured in the accident,” the miner told reporters.
The injured persons were admitted to the drict hospital in Khargone, he said. The police were conducting a probe into the incident, he added.