Satna (MP), Apr 22 (PTI) Three persons were killed after a speeding truck loaded with iron rods plunged into a canal in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.
The accident occurred in the early hours on National Highway no. 39 under the Rampur Baghelan police station area, they said.
The truck apparently got out of control near Nemua turn, following which it broke a road divider and fell into the canal, killing the driver and his two associates, according to police.
A crane was later brought in to pull out the truck from the canal, after which the bodies were retrieved, Rampur Baghelan police station in-charge Sandeep Chaturvedi said.
One of the victims was badly trapped inside the vehicle, and the body was retrieved with the help of a cutter machine, in a rescue operation that lasted nearly four hours, according to the police.
Two of the deceased have been identified as Dilip Kewat and Vishnu, both residents of Maihar, Chaturvedi said. The third victim was yet to be identified.
The bodies were sent for postmortem, and an investigation was underway into the incident, the police added. PTI COR MAS GK
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