Chhindwara, April 27 Three people were killed in a road accident on Monday in the Umranala area of Chhindwara district in Madhya Pradesh, and three others were critically injured when a passenger car carrying them crashed into a tree.
According to police officials, it was returning to Singodi from Nagpur.
The occupants were reportedly on their way home after dropping off Hajj pilgrims when their vehicle went out of control and collided violently with a roadside tree.
The accident occurred between 5:00 and 5:15 am, a time when the stretch of road was largely deserted.
The impact was so severe that the vehicle was reduced to a mangled wreck, trapping the occupants inside.
Local residents, alerted by the sound of the crash, joined forces with the police to extricate the victims.
All six individuals found inside the car had sustained life-threatening injuries and were rushed to the Chhindwara District Hospital for emergency care.
Among the victims, Naz, a resident of Singodi and the wife of Ramzan, was referred to a specialised facility in Nagpur as her condition became critical.
Despite medical efforts, she passed away while undergoing treatment.
Simultaneously, the driver of the car and one other passenger succumbed to their injuries at the hospital in Chhindwara.
The remaining three survivors, identified as Ramzan, Shahad B, and Asmeen Bano, were moved to a private hospital for advanced medical care.
Doctors have stated that their conditions remain precarious.
Preliminary investigations by the local police suggest that excessive speed was a major factor in the crash.
Authorities are also investigating whether the driver, exhausted from the long trip back from Nagpur, may have momentarily dozed off at the wheel, causing the vehicle to veer off the road.
The police have officially registered a case and are conducting a detailed forensic analysis of the accident site.
The police have not ruled out whether the driver dozed off or whether the car veered off the road due to slippery material, such as sand, on either side of the road.
--IANS
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