Sidhi: Three members of a family were killed and a young girl was critically injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a car near Behda village in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district on Friday, police said.

The crash occurred at a sharp bend known locally as Behda Turning in the Amarpur area, under the Churhat police station jurisdiction. According to police, the car was travelling from Sidhi towards Rampur Naikin while the bus was coming from the opposite direction, and the two vehicles collided with great force at the bend. The family was travelling from Sidhi towards Maihar.

Three dead on the spot, girl shifted for treatment

Police said three occupants of the car died on the spot. They were identified as Anil Tiwari, his wife Manorama Tiwari and his cousin Sudhir Tiwari, all residents of Dewri Kala village under the Ramnagar police station area of Maihar district. Doctors at Churhat Hospital confirmed the three deaths.

A young girl travelling in the same car sustained serious injuries and is in a critical condition. She was shifted from Churhat Hospital to a higher medical facility for further treatment. Local residents alerted the emergency services through the Dial 112 helpline, after which police and ambulance teams reached the spot.

Police have registered a case and launched an investigation to determine the exact cause of the collision, including whether overspeeding or any other traffic violation contributed to it. No finding on the cause has been announced so far. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination.

Source: IANS via HiIndia