MP: 15 killed, 25 injured as bus falls from bridge in Khargone district

Fifteen persons were killed and 20 to 25 people were injured when a bus fell from a bridge in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district on Tuesday morning (May 9), state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said.

The incident took place at 8.40 am. The bus fell from the bridge on a dry bed of the Borad river near Dongargaon village, he said.

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The injured persons were admitted to the district hospital in Khargone, said Mishra.

The police were conducting a probe into the incident, he added.

(With inputs from agencies)