Madhya Pradesh: Dumper filled with ballast fell from the bridge due to brake failure near Batiagarh in Damoh, two people died.

Damoh, December 23: A dumper filled with ballast went out of control and fell down on the Gevlari culvert near Batiagarh on the Damoh-Chhatarpur State Highway in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday night. In this accident, two people died on the spot, while a youth was seriously injured. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and took the injured youth to the hospital. At the same time, the police have started investigating the case by sending the bodies of the deceased for post-mortem.

People present at the spot told that the dumper filled with ballast was coming from Buxwaha and its speed was very fast. Suddenly the brakes of the dumper failed, due to which the driver could not control it and the dumper fell down breaking the culvert. The height of the bridge is about 25 feet, there is so much rotation here that once the vehicle goes out of control, it falls down from the bridge. Two people died in the accident, while a young man named Shahzad was injured and was taken to the district hospital, from where he has been referred to Jabalpur due to his condition becoming worse.

The police who reached the spot suspect that another youth may still be buried under the pile of ballast. Due to darkness, the police are facing a lot of difficulties in carrying out relief and rescue operations. According to the police, one of the deceased has been identified as Nitendra Singh alias Bhalle Yadav contractor, who is a resident of Hata. Police are trying to identify the second deceased and work is underway to remove the gravel present at the spot.