Truck container causes three accidents on highway, leaves two dead

Barwani: A truck container went on a rampage along Agra–Mumbai National Highway in Barwani district, causing three separate accidents within a span of around two-and-a-half hours, leaving two persons dead and three seriously injured on Friday evening. The driver was arrested on Saturday evening.Rajpur SDOP Ayush Alawa told TOI that the accidents occurred under Julwania police station limits on Friday when the container, loaded with goods of an e-commerce company and travelling from Mumbai to Lucknow, lost control and began hitting vehicles coming from the opposite direction.The first accident took place near Gawaghati, where the container hit a two-wheeler rider, identified as 25-year-old Chandra Singh Sisodiya from Agalgav, leaving him injured.Soon after, near Bajad Phata, the truck rammed into another two-wheeler, killing 38-year-old Mukesh, a resident of Petlawad in Jhabua district, on the spot. Mukesh was working with a company related to Nal Jal Yojna.In a third incident a short distance away, the container struck another motorcycle, resulting in the death of 36-year-old Anita Bai. Her husband Ashish Sen and their son Nikhil sustained injuries. The family was returning after offering prayers at the Bijasan Mata Temple located near the Madhya Pradesh–Maharashtra border.All the injured were admitted to the district hospital for treatment.Julwania police station incharge Ramkumar Patil told TOI that the container was seized on Friday night, and its driver, identified as Chandrapal Singh Thakur, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested on Saturday evening.