Five devotees hurt as auto swerves to avoid bike and overturns in Datia's Indargarh

Five people were injured in a road accident in Indargarh, Datia district, on Tuesday morning. An auto carrying devotees back from the Ratangarh Mata temple overturned on Datia Road near the State Bank.

According to information received, the auto was carrying Surendra Adivasi, Jayanti Adivasi, Kaishbai Adivasi and Aarti Adivasi, residents of Nanubah village under the Udgawan police station area. Children were also with them. All were returning after paying their respects at the Ratangarh Mata temple.

At about 10 am on Tuesday, the auto reached the State Bank on Datia Road in Indargarh. At that moment a bike came from the opposite direction. The driver lost control of the auto while trying to avoid it, and the auto overturned on the road.

A crowd gathered at the spot after the accident. Passers-by pulled out the passengers trapped in the auto and took them to the Indargarh hospital, where all the injured are being treated.

Two girls travelling in the auto had a narrow escape. The injured have suffered minor injuries, and it is said that no one is in serious condition.