Four persons died and three sustained serious injuries after a speeding sports utility vehicle (SUV) ploughed into residents standing outside a house in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district on Sunday, an official said.

The accident occurred around 5.30 pm at Tendua Kothar village, about 50 km from the district headquarters and within the limits of Garh police station, he said.

The SUV was on its way from Chhattisgarh to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh when it first hit a motorcycle, eyewitnesses said.

The vehicle went out of control and mowed down a group of people standing outside a house before crashing into an electricity pole, which collapsed due to the impact, they said.

Three bystanders and the two-wheeler rider, Kamlesh Singh (35), were killed at the scene, while three persons were injured

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