By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) – At least 13 people, most of them women, died in a road accident in central India on Tuesday morning, officials said.
The incident occurred in Gwalior city of the Madhya Pradesh state after a bus collided with an auto-rickshaw carrying 12 women, according to Hitika Vasal, a senior police officer in the area.
Vasal told Anadolu Agency that all passengers of the auto-rickshaw and the driver were killed in the accident.
State Transport Minister Govind Singh Rajput in a video message said that an investigation is underway.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced financial compensation for the families of the deceased.
