9 killed after truck carrying cement overturns, rams van in Madhya Pradesh

Nine people were crushed to death and two others were injured after a trailer carrying cement overturned on a van in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district in the early hours of Wednesday. Visuals from the accident site showed the Maruti Eco van mangled beyond recognition with the truck leaning over it as a result of the massive collision.

The incident happened between 3 and 4 am when the truck was crossing an under-construction rail overbridge on a temporary road near Sanjeli railway crossing. The vehicle lost its balance owing to the weight of the cement and overturned on the van, Jhabua Superintendent of Police Padmavilochan Shukla was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

All nine victims belonged to the same family, and they were returning home after attending a wedding event.

The two people who were injured in the accident have been admitted to a hospital.

Several cases of vehicle collisions involving trucks have been reported over the past month. Four people were killed and one was critically injured on May 25 after a Maruti Suzuki Dzire, heading towards a bridge in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district, collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction.

In a similar case last month, a head-on collision between a truck and an autorickshaw in Uttar Pradesh killed as many as six people and injured three others, including two children. Among the victims were the autorickshaw driver.