At least eight people have been killed and five others injured after a speeding truck rammed into two passenger auto-rickshaws in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh Saturday, police said.
The accident occurred near Majhgavan in the state’s Katni district, some 350 km from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal.
A police official said the crash took place when the driver of the truck lost control over the wheels of the speeding vehicle.
While eight people died in the impact of the crash and the injured have been admitted to a local hospital, Xinhua reported quoting the police official.
The death toll may go up later in the day as the condition of two of the injured are said to be serious, he said, adding that all the victims were passengers of the two auto-rickshaws.
Eye-witnesses told police that the truck was travelling at high speed.
