A mangled truck lies on the road after colliding with a passenger vehicle near Chhimka village on the Bhind-Gwalior National Highway, in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, early Tuesday. (Source: PTI)

Eight labourers were killed and 32 others injured early Tuesday after the pick-up vehicle they were travelling in collided with a dumper truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district which is about 75 km northeast of Gwalior, police said. The accident occurred around 1 am near Chhimka village on the Bhind-Gwalior National Highway. The labourers, from Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, were returning home after completing paddy transplantation work in Gwalior. Police said the driver lost control while trying to avoid cattle on the highway, causing the vehicle to veer into the opposite lane and hit the truck.

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