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Rajgarh: A tragic incident has emerged from Madhya Pradesh where at least 13 people, including four children, lost their lives after a tractor overturned in Rajgarh on Sunday night. As many as 15 people sustained injuries in the mishap, which took place during a wedding procession at 8 pm last night in Piplodi in Rajgarh, PTI reported, quoting an official from the district administration. The incident took place while the procession was en route to Kulampur from Motipura in Rajasthan.
President Draupadi Murmu extended condolences to the families of the victims who lost lives in the tragic incident. She took X (formerly Twitter) and said, “The news of the death of many people in a road accident in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh is very sad. I express my deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and pray for the speedy recovery of the injured.”
मध्य प्रदेश के राजगढ़ जिले में हुई सड़क दुर्घटना में अनेक लोगों की मृत्यु का समाचार बहुत ही दुखदाई है। अपने स्वजनों को खोने वाले परिवारों के प्रति मैं गहन शोक संवेदना व्यक्त करती हूं तथा घायल हुए लोगों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की कामना करती हूं।
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) June 2, 2024
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav also took to X and informed that Rajgarh Collector Harsh Dikshit, Superintendent of Police and minister Narayan Singh Panwar were present at the spot and helping the affected people.
“We are in touch with the Rajasthan government and Rajasthan police has also reached the spot. The treatment of the injured is going on in the District Hospital, Rajgarh and some seriously injured patients have been referred to Bhopal,” he added.
According to Harsh Dikshit, DM Rajgarh, the mishap took place near Rajasthan-Rajgarh border. “Some people from Rajasthan were coming to the state to attend a wedding, in a tractor. Near the Rajasthan-Rajgarh border, the tractor was overturned in which 13 people died and 15 were injured. Two people were in serious condition and have been admitted to the hospital…The injured are being given proper treatment as per the instructions of the government..,” ANI quoted Dikshit as saying.
#WATCH | Rajgarh Accident | Madhya Pradesh: Harsh Dikshit, DM Rajgarh says, “Some people from Rajasthan were coming to the state to attend a wedding, in a tractor. Near the Rajasthan-Rajgarh border, the tractor was overturned in which 13 people died and 15 were injured. Two… pic.twitter.com/9uBKPSHDZ5
— ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2024
The injured are being shifted to hospitals for treatment.
Further details are awaited.
(Note: This is a developing story and further details will be added.)
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