India News | .SHEOPUR/ANUPPUR BES15 MP-ACCIDENTS-DEATHS MP: Five Killed, 35 Injured in Two Accidents in Sheopur, Anuppur

Sheopur/Anuppur (MP), Feb 19 (PTI) Five persons were killed and 35 others injured in two separate accidents in Sheopur and Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, police said.

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In Sheopur, four persons were killed and 31 injured when a tractor-trolley carrying people from a religious programme overturned between Ekdori and Shyampur in the evening, Raghunathpur police station in-charge Shyamvir Singh Tomar said.

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"The driver of the tractor-trolley fled after the incident, he said. A case has been registered and search for the absconding driver is underway," he said.

In the second incident, two motorcycles collided head-on between Anuppur and Amarkantak at 7:30pm, killing one person and injuring four, said Tehsildar TS Nag.

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