Truck breaks divider and falls into canal, 3 dead:Bodies recovered using cutter after 4-hour rescue in Satna

On Wednesday morning, a truck loaded with rebar lost control on National Highway-39 near Nemua Mod in the Rampur Baghelan police station area of Satna district, broke through the divider, and fell into a canal. The driver, the cleaner, and one labourer died on the spot in the accident. Police, with the help of a crane and cutter machine, recovered all three bodies after a 4-hour rescue operation, sent them for post-mortem, and began an investigation. 3 pictures from after the accident Body trapped inside damaged truck According to information, the incident was reported to the police by passers-by around 8 AM. Upon receiving the information, Station In-charge Sandeep Chaturvedi reached the spot with police force and started rescue operations with the help of local people. The truck was badly damaged and bodies were trapped inside. The police straightened the truck with a crane and recovered two bodies. The third body was stuck in the truck’s body, for which a cutter machine had to be used to extract it. According to the police, 2 out of 3 people involved in the accident have been identified. These include Dilip Kewat (father Rajesh Kewat), a resident of Padri village in Maihar district, and Vishnu Kewat (father Makhanlal Kewat), a resident of Ramgarh. The third deceased person has not yet been identified, and efforts are ongoing. Crowd gathered Upon receiving information about the accident, Additional SP and Tehsildar Sujit Nagesh reached the spot and assessed the situation. After the incident, a crowd of hundreds of people gathered, which affected traffic on the highway for some time. Later, the police sent the bodies by ambulance and normalised traffic.