“Out of the 13 people boarding the vehicle, four were rescued alive from the well, nine others couldn’t be saved. Eight of the nine bodies have been retrieved, while one resident, Manohar Singh who had climbed into the well to save lives, too, died inside the same well,” Singh said.The retrieved bodies included six men and four women, aged between 25 and 65 years. Among the deceased, including the van driver, were individuals from various parts of Ujjain, Ratlam, and Mandsaur districts in western Madhya Pradesh.Out of the four injured who have been hospitalised, two are children, including three-year-old Priyanshi, who has lost her father Balram (26) in the mishap and 12-year-old Devendra, whose 35-year-old mother Madhu died in the mishap.Upon learning about the tragic accident, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Jagdish Dewda, who also serves as the BJP MLA from Mandsaur district, rushed to the spot and personally supervised the rescue operations, including the retrieval of the van and the bodies from the well using a giant crane.
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