<p>Sidhi (MP): Eight persons were killed and 13 others injured after a collision between a truck and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district early on Monday, police said.</p><p>The incident took place at around 2.30 am near Upni petrol pump on Sidhi-Bahri Road, Deputy Superintendent of Police Gayatri Tiwari said.</p><p>The vehicles collided head-on when the SUV (a taxi service) carrying members of a family was going towards Maihar, while the truck was heading to Bahri from Sidhi, she said.</p><p>Seven persons travelling in the SUV died on the spot, the official said.</p><p>Out of the 14 injured, nine were referred to Rewa for further treatment, where one of the seriously injured persons succumbed, Sidhi's Superintendent of Police (SP) Ravindra Verma told PTI.</p><p>The others were undergoing treated at the Sidhi district hospital.</p><p>The truck driver was detained, Tiwari said.</p>.Five from Bengaluru killed in car-truck collision in Chitradurga.<p>Verma said the SUV occupants were going to Maihar for 'mundan' (tonsuring) ceremony of a child when the accident occurred.</p><p>Prima facie, it seems the SUV was approaching from the wrong direction which led to the collision, he said.</p><p>A team led by an additional superintendent of police has been constituted which will conduct a probe into the accident from all angles, the SP said.</p><p>Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed grief over the incident.</p><p>"Instructions have been given to approve a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each from the chief minister's discretionary fund to the families of those who died in the road accident, Rs 1 lakh each to the seriously injured and Rs 50,000 each to other injured persons," the CM said in a statement.</p>
<p>Sidhi (MP): Eight persons were killed and 13 others injured after a collision between a truck and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district early on Monday, police said.</p><p>The incident took place at around 2.30 am near Upni petrol pump on Sidhi-Bahri Road, Deputy Superintendent of Police Gayatri Tiwari said.</p><p>The vehicles collided head-on when the SUV (a taxi service) carrying members of a family was going towards Maihar, while the truck was heading to Bahri from Sidhi, she said.</p><p>Seven persons travelling in the SUV died on the spot, the official said.</p><p>Out of the 14 injured, nine were referred to Rewa for further treatment, where one of the seriously injured persons succumbed, Sidhi's Superintendent of Police (SP) Ravindra Verma told PTI.</p><p>The others were undergoing treated at the Sidhi district hospital.</p><p>The truck driver was detained, Tiwari said.</p>.Five from Bengaluru killed in car-truck collision in Chitradurga.<p>Verma said the SUV occupants were going to Maihar for 'mundan' (tonsuring) ceremony of a child when the accident occurred.</p><p>Prima facie, it seems the SUV was approaching from the wrong direction which led to the collision, he said.</p><p>A team led by an additional superintendent of police has been constituted which will conduct a probe into the accident from all angles, the SP said.</p><p>Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed grief over the incident.</p><p>"Instructions have been given to approve a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each from the chief minister's discretionary fund to the families of those who died in the road accident, Rs 1 lakh each to the seriously injured and Rs 50,000 each to other injured persons," the CM said in a statement.</p>