Truck rams into car in MP, 4 killed

In a fatal road accident suspected to have been caused by low visibility due to dense fog, a truck rammed into a car from behind, killing all four occupants in the Maharajpura area of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning.

According to the police, the car occupants were residents of Bhind and were going towards Gwalior. The fatal mishap occurred on the Gwalior-Bhind highway near a roadside eatery at around 8 am.

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The car (MP-07-ZF-5193) was being driven by Saurabh Sharma (23), a resident of Mehgaon, who was going to Gwalior to appear in an exam. The other occupants included Jyoti Yadav, Bhure Prajapati, and another person.

The truck, coming at a high speed from behind, rammed into the car near the eatery.

All four car occupants were killed on the spot, and the vehicle was badly mangled.

On receiving information, the police reached the spot. A crane had to be called in to retrieve the bodies from the car.

The truck driver fled the spot after the mishap.

The police sent the bodies for postmortem and informed the families of the deceased.

Police said efforts were on to identify and nab the truck driver.