Six farm labourers were killed and 24 others injured when their van was hit by a speeding tanker in Madhya Pradesh''s Dhar district in the early hours of Tuesday, October 6. Out of the 24 injured persons, the condition of nine was serious.
At around 3 am, the accident took place on Indore-Ahmedabad road near Chiklya Fata under Tirla police station limits, when the labourers were returning to Tanda village after working in an agricultural field.
One of the tyres of their pick-up van got punctured and the driver was replacing it when the speeding tanker hit the vehicle from behind.
