Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): At least 13 people were killed and several injured in a head-on collision between a bus and an auto. The accident took place in the old cantonment area of Gwalior Tuesday morning, said police. According to information received from the police control room, the collision was so tremendous that some of the bodies were badly mutilated. The toll may rise as the conditions of some of those injured are very critical. The impact was so tremendous that some of the bodies of those killed were mutilated beyond recognition.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan offered his condolences in a Hindi tweet. “The horrific accident caused by a collision between a bus and an auto in Gwalior has untimely claimed several precious lives and has brought great sorrow. I pray to God to give strength to the affected families,” Chouhan said in the tweet.
“I and the people of the state stand with mourning families in this hour of grief. The state government will give Rs 4,00,000 to the family of each victim and Rs 50,000 to the injured,” the Chief Minister said.