New Delhi, Feb 29 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said the news of deaths in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh was extremely painful and expressed condolences to the bereaved family members.

She also prayed for the early recovery of those injured.

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At least 14 people were killed and 20 injured when a pick-up vehicle overturned and fell into a deep valley near Badjhar Ghat under Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh in the early

hours of Thursday, a police official said.

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"The news of many casualties in a road accident in Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh is extremely painful. I express my condolences to the bereaved family members. I pray that all the people injured in this accident get well soon," Murmu said in Hindi in a post on X.

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