<p>Maihar (MP): The death toll in the accident of a private bus in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/madhya-pradesh">Madhya Pradesh's</a> Maihar district has gone up to nine as three more persons succumbed to their injuries, police said on Sunday.</p><p>Nearly 20 persons was also injured after the bus rammed into a stationary stone-laden truck in Maihar at around 11 pm on Saturday, they said.</p><p>The accident took place on National Highway no. 30, about 25 km from the district headquarters, as per police.</p><p>The bus was heading for Nagpur via Rewa after starting from Prayagraj when it crashed near the Nadan Dehat police station, Maihar Superintendent of Police (SP) Sudhir Agrawal told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.Kin of IT employee killed in accident to get Rs 4.5 crore compensation. <p>While six fatalities were reported earlier, three more persons succumbed to injuries in a hospital, taking the death toll to nine, he said.</p><p>The deceased, all male, included a four-year-old boy, the police said.</p><p>The injured persons have been admitted to different hospitals, including in Rewa, Agrawal said.</p><p>Initially it appears the bus was running at a high speed, he said.</p><p>Rescue teams had to use a gas cutter and an excavator machine to make way through the wrecked bus to pull out the passengers, he said.</p><p>The rescue operation was wrapped up at around 2 am on Sunday, according to police.</p>
<p>Maihar (MP): The death toll in the accident of a private bus in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/madhya-pradesh">Madhya Pradesh's</a> Maihar district has gone up to nine as three more persons succumbed to their injuries, police said on Sunday.</p><p>Nearly 20 persons was also injured after the bus rammed into a stationary stone-laden truck in Maihar at around 11 pm on Saturday, they said.</p><p>The accident took place on National Highway no. 30, about 25 km from the district headquarters, as per police.</p><p>The bus was heading for Nagpur via Rewa after starting from Prayagraj when it crashed near the Nadan Dehat police station, Maihar Superintendent of Police (SP) Sudhir Agrawal told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.Kin of IT employee killed in accident to get Rs 4.5 crore compensation. <p>While six fatalities were reported earlier, three more persons succumbed to injuries in a hospital, taking the death toll to nine, he said.</p><p>The deceased, all male, included a four-year-old boy, the police said.</p><p>The injured persons have been admitted to different hospitals, including in Rewa, Agrawal said.</p><p>Initially it appears the bus was running at a high speed, he said.</p><p>Rescue teams had to use a gas cutter and an excavator machine to make way through the wrecked bus to pull out the passengers, he said.</p><p>The rescue operation was wrapped up at around 2 am on Sunday, according to police.</p>