The accident took place when a private bus ferrying passengers veered off a highway under Sultanpur police station area and and fell into a gorge in the adjoining district, some 100 km from here.
Two of the passengers were killed. They were identified as Shobha (18), a native of Mandla district, and Rewa Das (30), a resident of Seoni district, Raisen district superintendent of police J S Rajput told PTI.
Nine others were injured and admitted to a hospital in Bhopal, he said.
The bus was on its way to Bhopal from Mandla.
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