Bhopal, Aug. 16 -- Four artists, including a stage singer from Gujarat, died and a dozen others were injured in a van-truck collision this morning in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh.
Police said a group of stage artists was returning to Gujarat after a Shiv Katha programme at Kashi Vishwanath in Uttar Pradesh.
When the traveller van reached near Surwaya on NH 27 around 5.30 am, it hit the divider and then jumped to the other side of the road. It collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction.
The accident resulted in the death of one person on the spot, while the other three succumbed during treatment at a hospital.
The deceased were identified as the musical group's main singer Hardik Dave (40), who died on the spot, Ankit ...