Five people were killed and 12 injured in separate accidents in Madhya Pradesh-Telangana

Two people were killed and 12 injured when a tractor-trailer carrying them overturned near Hanuman Dol on the Betul-Parasia road

Betul: In separate accidents, five people died and 12 were injured Accidents involving heavy vehicles Madhya Pradeshin the Betul district, the police reported on Sunday.

Two people were killed and 12 injured when a tractor carrying them overturned near Hanuman Dol on Betul-Parasia Road around 7 a.m. on Sunday, an official said.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kamla Joshi said the victims were laborers returning home from Betul railway station on a tractor.

The vehicle overturned and two people died, she said, adding that the injured were taken to hospital. The official said that the workers went to Betulu from Kanyakumariin Tamil Nadu, where they went to work in a factory a month ago.

District Collector Narendra Raghuvanshi said there were 21 people in the tractor – all residents of Bakud and Dulara villages in Ghoradongri tehsil who had returned from Kanyakumari for the festive season.

He said one of the three seriously injured persons has been referred to Bhopal for further treatment. In another accident in the district, three people were killed when a truck hit their two-wheeler on the Betul-Athner road on Saturday around 11 p.m., police said.

The accident occurred near Bharkawadi village, about 10 km from the district headquarters, said Anjana Dhurve, in-charge of Betul Bazar police station. A truck carrying fertilizers hit a two-wheeler and the injured men were taken to hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead, she added.

The official said the victims were identified as Vijay (35), Krishna Dhurve (20) and Raghunath Sareyam (38). A case has been initiated against the truck driver who fled the scene, leaving the vehicle behind, she added.