13 killed in bus-auto collision in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior: At least 13 people were killed when an auto collided head-on with a bus in the Old Cantonment area of Gwalior City here on Tuesday morning.Police said that among the deceased were 12 women and one man.

While the auto driver and nine women travelling in the auto were killed on the spot, three more women succumbed to their injuries during treatment.

Police said that the auto was carrying anganwadi workers to their work place when the accident took place.

Police reached the spot and rushed the injured to the hospital and the dead to the mortuary. The process of identifying the deceased is on.

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath mourned the death and expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased.(UNI)