MP: 5 killed, 4 injured in auto-truck collision

RAISEN (MP): Five people were killed and four others injured when an auto-rickshaw and a mini truck collided headon in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district on Thursday, police said.

The deceased included a teenage girl, and two of the injured were in serious condition, they said. The accident took place around 3 am near Tedia bridge under Umraoganj police station limits, located 22 km from the district headquarters, ASP Amrit Meena said.

The auto-rickshaw was heading towards the state capital Bhopal from Raisen when it collided with the truck coming from the opposite direction. Four occupants of the auto-rickshaw and a minor girl travelling in the truck died. The deceased have been identified as Dhanraj Goswami (35), resident of Sagar district, Arbaj Khan (19), Imanuddin (28), Raine Qureshi (14), and Amit Lodhi (27).