Eight people killed as jeep falls into a gorge in Kerala's Wayanad district
Wayanad, Aug 35: Eight people, mostly women were killed when a jeep they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Wayanad district on Friday, police said.
They said there were at least 12 people in the jeep when the accident took place at around 3.30 PM in the Valad-Mananthavady road.
"The jeep was returning to Makkimala with women working in a private tea estate," a local resident told the media.
The victims were rushed to a hospital at Mananthavady but police said eight of them lost their lives.
"The condition of at least two people is serious," a senior police official told PTI.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan directed Forest Minister A K Saseendran, who was in Kozhikode, to rush to the accident site. The CM gave directions to coordinate all measures including the treatment of the injured and take care of other necessary things, a CMO statement said here.
Deeply saddened by the tragic jeep accident that took the lives of many tea plantation workers in Mananthavady, Wayanad.
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Have spoken to the district authorities, urging a swift response. My thoughts are with the grieving families. Wish a speedy recovery to those injured.
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MP: 12 labourers killed, 20 injured as pick-up van overturns and crashes into SUV
Dhar (MP) (PTI): Twelve labourers were killed and 20 others injured when the pick-up van carrying them overturned and collided with an SUV in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday night, an official said.
The incident occurred at 8:30-9 PM. According to preliminary information, 35 labourers were returning home in a pickup van from Baggad in Dhar district when the driver lost control of the vehicle near Chikliya crossing. The vehicle overturned and collided with an SUV coming from the opposite direction.
"Twelve people died on the spot, while approximately 20 others were injured," said Dhar district's in-charge collector, Abhishek Choudhary.
The seriously injured persons were referred to Indore after initial treatment, he said.
Choudhary, DIG Mayank Awasthi, and police personnel rushed to the spot.
Tirla police have registered a case and are investigating the accident.
