Death Toll in Gwalior Temple Truck Crash Rises to 14; Modi and Madhya Pradesh Government Announce Relief Payments
GWALIOR — A truck loaded with sacks of paddy lost control on a downhill stretch and rammed into shops near the Shitla Mata temple in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 18, killing 12 people and injuring more than 25, according to India's IANS news agency. About 50 people were hit, including two police officers and several children, with about five in critical condition. The area was crowded for the Navratri festival.
Large vehicles were supposed to be barred from the stretch during the festival, IANS said; authorities are investigating how the truck passed the barricades and checkpoint. The bodies were taken to Jaya Arogya Hospital.
In later updates reported by ANI, Gwalior Collector Ruchika Chauhan said on Sunday that the death toll had risen to 14, and Senior Superintendent of Police Dharmveer Singh said 39 people had been taken to hospital. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced 400,000 rupees for the family of each person killed, 200,000 rupees for each seriously injured person and 50,000 rupees for other injured people, with free treatment for all the injured.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences in a post by the Prime Minister's Office and announced ex-gratia payments from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund of 200,000 rupees to the family of each person killed and 50,000 rupees to each injured person. (GSM, following IANS)
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