Families lose daughters wives in Dhar accident:Girl dies days after marriage was fixed; man says grandson is only support

In Dhar, a pickup truck went out of control after a tyre burst, climbed the divider, overturned 3-4 times, crossed to the other side, and collided with a Mahindra Scorpio. In the accident around 8:30 PM on Wednesday, 16 people were killed, and 13 were injured, including 6 children among the dead. Among the deceased, 9 were from Nayapura, 5 from Semlipura, and 2 from Rampura. Those killed included 5 children, 8 women, and 3 young girls. All were cremated on Thursday morning, with four women placed on a single pyre. The grief was overwhelming. Some sat holding their wives’ photographs, while others stared silently at their clothes. One young man, mourning his wife, sat against a wall for hours and said, ‘She has left behind two small children, what will happen to them now?’ A girl who died in the crash had her marriage fixed just three days earlier. Another boy blamed himself, saying, ‘My father died before I was born, and now my mother’s protective embrace is gone too.’ After the tragedy, the Bhaskar team visited the victims’ villages and spoke to grieving families. See three pictures Rinku’s marriage fixed three days ago Former Sarpanch Munnalal said 46 people from three villages of Dhar district had gone to the Lebad area on Wednesday morning to harvest beetroot. After finishing work, they were returning home in a pickup truck. Five members of his family, wife Sundarbai, Gyarsibai, Rinku, Savitri, and grandson Ayush, were among them. Ayush was the family’s only heir, and now there is no earning member left. He said Rinku, daughter of Kanwarlal from Nayapura, also died in the crash. Her marriage had been fixed just three days earlier with the Meda family of Karnawad village, with the wedding planned a year later. Due to the family’s poor financial condition, she often worked as a labourer. Vikram’s grandfather, Bhanwar Singh Bhuria, said, First my son passed away. Now my daughter-in-law is also no longer in this world. She had gone to work as usual. I didn’t know that the news of her death would come. Now our grandson is our only support. Neighbour Atul Bhuria said that Vikram’s father, Anil Bhuria, died in 2012. Vikram was born on the third day of Anil’s death. His mother was raising him. Pappu, a resident of the same village, said, My wife Sangeeta left for work as usual. Daughter Kiran also went with her. They used to get 250 rupees daily wage. After finishing work, both were returning by pickup. At night, an acquaintance called to say that the pickup had overturned.I rushed to the accident site just as I was. There I found out that my wife Sangeeta was no more. My daughter Kiran’s leg was fractured. Pickup taken only after being fully loaded Kailash also lost his 12-year-old son Champalal in this accident. He says that his son had started going to work just four or five days ago. The driver would not move the vehicle until the pickup was full. That day, too, about 50 people were seated. Tanushree’s father, Umesh Dawar, said that his daughter had also gone to work with her mother. Both of them died. Now only my grandparents and I are left in the house.