Two dead, 17 injured after minibus crashes and overturns on highway in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone

At least two people were killed and 17 others were injured after a minibus overturned onto a motorcycle in Madhya Pradeshs Khargone district on Monday morning police said reported the PTIAmong the deceased were a woman and her 16yearold daughter it saidThe accident took place on the KhandwaBaroda National Highway near Magariya village under the jurisdiction of Jaitapur Police Station around 11 kilometres from the district headquartersAccording to police the minibus driver lost control of the vehicle while attempting to avoid an oncoming car The vehicle then overturned onto a motorcycle travelling on the highway the news agency reportedThe victims identified as Monu 40 and her daughter Anita 16 were riding pillion on the motorcycle and died at the sceneThe womans husband who was driving the twowheeler suffered injuries in the crashThree critical among17 injuredA total of 17 passengers travelling in the minibus were injured and taken to the district hospital for treatmentAccording to the PTI hospital officials said three of the injured are receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit ICU while the remaining victims are being treated for various injuriesPassengers were travelling to family functionOne of the injured passengers Vijay Bichhaniya said the occupants of the minibus were travelling to Piplod in Khandwa district to attend an engagement ceremony as per the PTIHe stated that the driver lost control while trying to avoid a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction causing the minibus to overturnProbe underwayPolice have sent the bodies of the deceased for postmortem examination and launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accidentOfficials are examining the exact cause of the crash and whether any negligence was involved the news agency reportedTwo dead after SUV crashes into vegetable stall in MumbaiIn an another incident last month a woman vegetable vendor and a child were killed after a 74yearold man allegedly lost control of his Kia Seltos and crashed into a roadside stall in Mumbais Mulund last monthThe accident took place on ACC Road in Tambe Nagar when the elderly motorist was driving the SUV out of a residential societyAccording to police the vehicle suddenly veered into a vegetable stall outside the society gate knocking down people standing nearbyOne of the victims identified as Jyoti Shah suffered grievous injuries and was rushed to a hospital where she was declared dead Another woman who was standing near the stall was carrying a child in her arms when the SUV struck The child fell during the impact and sustained a severe head injuryDriver taken into custody probe underwayDeputy Commissioner of Police Abhaysingh Deshmukh Zone VII said a case has been registered and an investigation is underwayAs per the preliminary investigation police suspect the driver lost control while taking the vehicle out of the society premises which led to the incidentldquoThe accused immediately shifted the injured woman to a hospital after the accident He was subsequently taken into custody and further legal action is underwayrdquo the DCP saidwith PTI inputs