Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Eight Killed, Twelve Injured in Two Madhya Pradesh Road Accidents
Two road accidents happened in Madhya Pradesh within about 12 hours.
In the first crash, a motorcycle hit a scooter near Rewa.
A four-year-old girl, her grandfather, and the motorcycle rider died.
Another child on the scooter was also involved, but the report does not say whether that child died.
In the second crash, a bus lost control while turning on a bridge in Biaora.
It hit the bridge’s safety wall and five people died.
Twelve passengers were hurt and taken to a government hospital.
Police said the bus was traveling from Kanpur to Indore.
Eight people were killed and about 12 injured in two road accidents in Madhya Pradesh within roughly 12 hours.
Three people died after a speeding motorcycle collided head-on with a scooter near Bhairav Baba turn in Rewa district.
The Rewa crash killed scooter passenger Shivi, 4, grandfather Bablu Tiwari, 54, and motorcycle rider Pankaj Singh, 22.
Five people died when a bus traveling from Kanpur to Indore struck a bridge safety wall in Biaora, Rajgarh district.
The bus crash occurred around 7 a.m. Friday and injured 12 passengers, including two women, who were hospitalized.
- Who
- Eight people died and about 12 others were injured, including passengers, a grandfather, children, a motorcycle rider, a bus driver, and a police inspector.
- What
- Two separate road accidents caused eight deaths and around 12 injuries.
- When
- The crashes occurred on Thursday evening and Friday morning, within about 12 hours; the bus crash happened around 7 a.m. Friday.
- Where
- The first crash occurred near Bhairav Baba turn in Rewa district; the second occurred on the Bhopal Bypass Bridge in Biaora, Rajgarh district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- The first crash followed a head-on collision between a speeding motorcycle and a scooter. In the second, a speeding bus reportedly lost control while negotiating a curve and struck a bridge safety wall.
- Total fatalities
- Eight people
- Total injuries
- Around 12 people
- First crash
- A motorcycle collided head-on with a scooter in Rewa district.
- First crash deaths
- Shivi, 4; Bablu Tiwari, 54; and Pankaj Singh, 22.
- Second crash
- A bus collided with a bridge safety wall in Biaora, Rajgarh district.
- Bus route
- The bus was traveling from Kanpur to Indore.
- Second crash deaths
- Five people, including Bengaluru police inspector Ravi KP and bus driver Vikas Shukla.
- Medical response
- Injured passengers were admitted to a government hospital.