At least 12 people have been killed after a bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw in the Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh at 5 pm on Tuesday.
The deceased also included nine schoolchildren.
A speeding bus that was carrying over 30 passengers was travelling from Biaora to Rajgarh when it collided with an auto-rickshaw carrying 12 schoolchildren and three other passengers. The auto-rickshaw was travelling from Rajgarh to Hirankhedi village located about 3.5 km away, the Hindustan Times reported.
The bus lost control and overturned after colliding with the auto-rickshaw killing 12 people, including nine children between the age group of 10-12 years, and injuring another 20.
The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital by the locals in the area.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 25,000 for those injured in the accident, ANI reported.
In October 2016, over 20 people had died after a bus travelling from Ratlam to Mandsaur with over 40 people on board fell into a gorge in the Bara Pathar area of the town of Namli in the Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh.
