Bhopal: A judge posted in the court of judicial magistrate first-class in Badamalehara,
Chhatarpur
, died in a road accident on Saturday night.
Another judge and one more person travelling in the same car were injured seriously.
Judge
Rishi Kumar Tiwari
died on the spot while judge
Ashish Matharia
, posted in the same court, survived with serious injuries.
They were driving from Badamalehara towards Chhatarpur, a distance of 50km, when their car collided with a tractor trolley parked on the roadside near Matgua village on Chhatarpur-Sagar state highway at 9pm.
Car driver
Shailandra Singh Dinker
said, “I couldn’t spot the trolley as a truck was coming from the opposite direction.” He sustained severe injuries to his face.
Subdivisional police officer
Shashank Jain confirmed the death of the judge.
The injured were first rushed to the district hospital in Chhatarpur and then to Gwalior medical college, he said.
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