12 Killed in MP as Speeding Van Hits Bike, Falls into Well

A speeding van plunged into a well after hitting a bike in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, leaving 12 people, including the biker and a rescuer, dead, police officials said.

- Shruti Tomar

BHOPAL:

The accident took place at Budha-Takarwat Phante in Narayangarh police station area at around 1:15 pm when 14 members of a family were going to the Antari Mata temple in Manasa area of Neemuch district after attending a wedding in Mandsaur.

Deputy chief minister Jagdish Devda, who rushed to the site, said the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle, causing it to veer off the road and land into a well.

Prima facie, the van driver lost control of the wheel after the vehicle hit a bike and fell into the well. The bike rider was also killed, Mandsaur superintendent of police Abhishek Anand said.

"The driver of the Eco van hit a bike rider which was coming from the front and later the driver tried to flee from the spot. The driver lost control over the van and fell into an open well, which was present 20 metres away from the main road," Anand said.