NEW DELHI, April 29 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed and 25 others injured in a collision between a truck and a bus in India's Madhya Pradesh state Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred in Mandsaur district, 350 km from the central state's capital Bhopal.

"The collision took place this morning when the speeding truck crashed into the passenger bus carrying some 40 people, including a driver and a conductor," a police official said.

While seven passengers of the bus died in the impact of the crash, those injured have been admitted to a local hospital where the condition of three are said to be serious, he added.

Eye-witnesses told police that the truck was travelling at high speed and the accident occurred when its driver lost control of the vehicle.

However, a probe has been ordered into the incident, the official said.

"We have booked the truck and bus driver for rash and negligent driving. While the bus driver sustained injuries, a manhunt has been launched to track down the truck driver," he added.

India has the highest number of road fatalities in the world. Road accidents occur mostly due to poor driving or badly maintained roads and vehicles. Enditem</s>5W1H: 7 killed and 26 injured as speeding bus overturns in Madhya Pradesh

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Superintendent of Police Kumar Saurabh said a group of persons was standing at a bus stop at Mankhedi village in Belkheda police station area when the truck laden with cement ran over them and toppled.

Several persons were feared trapped under the truck.

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According to ANI, the BJP leader, who is also the Madhya Pradesh minister for labour, farmer welfare and agriculture development, said to the press in Indore that suicide was a "global problem." He was reported to have said, "Traders do it (commit suicide). Police commissioners have also done it. Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) also end up doing it, and so do the labourers...Suicide is not something only we (farmers) face. It is a world problem."

"Only the person who commits suicide knows the cause behind it. We can only speculate what their reasons were," Patidar added.

According to NDTV, Madhya Pradesh has seen a 21 percent rise in farmer suicides since 2013. The report says Union agriculture minister Purushottam Rupala had informed the Lok Sabha about this rise in farmer suicides in Madhya Pradesh in March.

A report in The Indian Express mentions a number of measures taken by the government to alleviate farm distress, including the modification of the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana and announcement of farm loan waivers.</s>Madhya Pradesh: According to the information given by the sources, in an incident that took place in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district killed at least seven people and 26 others got injured when a bus overturned after the driver lost control of the vehicle. As per the injured, the vehicle was carrying more people than it could accommodate and the driver's recklessness led to the accident. While explaining the incident to the media, District Superintendent of Police Manoj Singh went on…

Madhya Pradesh: According to the information given by the sources, in an incident that took place in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district killed at least seven people and 26 others got injured when a bus overturned after the driver lost control of the vehicle.

As per the injured, the vehicle was carrying more people than it could accommodate and the driver’s recklessness led to the accident.

While explaining the incident to the media, District Superintendent of Police Manoj Singh went on to say: “The private bus was travelling towards Bhanupura from Mandsaur. The injured people have been hospitalised for treatment.”</s>Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel has landed herself in a controversy after she was purportedly seen in a video advising BJP workers that they will garner votes only if they adopt needy and malnourished children.

The undated video is believed to have been shot during Patel’s visit to Satna district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, when she was talking to BJP leaders in the area at the local airport. She was heard telling local BJP leaders to take up the cause of malnourished children themselves instead of depending on government officers.

“These officers do not need votes, but we do,” Anandiben, the former Gujarat CM, said while pointing to the officers in the video. In the video, she also advises the BJP woman leader — Satna Mayor Mamta Pandey — and other party leaders to adopt poor and malnourished kids in the area if they want to get votes in the polls in Madhya Pradesh, where Assembly elections will be held later this year.

“Eradicating malnourishment is our responsibility. Engage councilors to achieve it. You don’t get votes just like that. You have to ensure people get what they want. The government is providing Rs 500 every month for each child… The children should get its benefit. Only then the dream of Narendra (Modi) Bhai will be fulfilled,” Patel was heard saying in the video.

Reacting strongly to Patels’ remarks, the Congress accused the Madhya Pradesh Governor of misusing her constitutional position to advance the electoral cause of the ruling BJP in the state. “Madhya Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel is publicly canvassing for the BJP, which is violation of constitutional norms. The governor’s post has a lot of dignity attached to it. She should work accordingly and not as a BJP election campaigner,” Scindia said in a tweet.

For all the latest India News, download Indian Express App</s>The private bus was travelling towards Bhanupura from Mandsaur. (Representational)</s>The truck driver fled the spot, he added. (Representational)
A truck collides with a bus in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India, killing at least seven people with at least 25 more injured.