MP: Bus ploughs into marriage procession; one killed, five injured

The bus coming from Bhainsdekhi and going to Betul went out of control ran into the marriage procession on the road, in which a 45-year-old man died and five others suffered injuries, he said. A police team reached the spot and rushed the injured to a hospital, Hingve said, adding that the driver and the conductor of the bus fled from the spot.

One person was killed and five others injured after a bus ran into a marriage procession in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

The incident occurred around 9 pm on Friday near Khedi Sawali Garh village, about 12 kms from the district headquarters, Kotwali police station in-charge Ratnakar Hingve said. ''The bus coming from Bhainsdekhi and going to Betul went out of control ran into the marriage procession on the road, in which a 45-year-old man died and five others suffered injuries,'' he said. A police team reached the spot and rushed the injured to a hospital, Hingve said, adding that the driver and the conductor of the bus fled from the spot. A case has been registered and investigation is underway, he said.

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