Overview
- The crash occurred around 1:30 a.m. near Melua chouraha under Kurwai police limits as six friends returned from a birthday at a dhaba on State Highway 14.
- Police identified the deceased as Ankit Sahu, Tanay (Tanmay) Sharma and driver Jagdish Sahu, who owned a shop and was at the wheel.
- Rescuers used cutters and earthmoving machinery to free occupants from the mangled vehicle after the car’s front end lodged into the rear of the dumper.
- The injured—Jagdish Gond, Monty (Abhiyum) Ahirwar and Tanmay Srivastava—were shifted from Kurwai CHC to Vidisha district hospital, with Monty referred to Bhopal in critical condition.
- Authorities have impounded the dumper and registered a negligence case, are probing factors such as LED headlight glare and inadequate reflectors, and have completed postmortems with last rites performed.