Nearly 40 people in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha, who had gathered around a well to watch others try to pull out an eight-year-old girl, fell into the 40-feet-deep well after its boundary wall caved in due to the pressure.
Authorities said, about 23 people have been rescued before midnight. While 13 people have been admitted to the hospital, reports say at least 3 people are dead. Several people are feared trapped under the rubble.
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered a high-level probe into the accident. Rescue operations are on and are being led by the National Disaster Response Force and the state-level disaster response force.
According to the villagers, a girl fell into a well late on Thursday evening while playing. A huge crowd gathered around the well as word spread across the village. They were trying to rescue her when the boundary wall of the well caved in and they fell into the well.