The incident occurred in the Nohata police station area around 10:15 a.m. when the driver of a vehicle carrying 15 passengers lost control.
At least eight members of a family were killed and six others injured in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Nohata police station area around 10:15 a.m. when the driver of a vehicle carrying 15 passengers lost control of it near the Sunar River bridge near Simri village and fell off the bridge onto a dry riverbed.
According to police officials, the vehicle occupants were residents of Jabalpur district.
Among the dead were five sisters from the same family, along with a niece and a grandson.
Investigating officer Arvind Singh told IANS that six occupants of the vehicle died on the spot, while two children, aged eight and ten, succumbed to their injuries at Damoh District Hospital.
The remaining injured passengers were treated at Damoh before being transported to Jabalpur Medical College through a specially arranged green corridor to ensure swift medical care.