NEW DELHI, April 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 laborers were killed and 30 others injured, some of them critically, after a pickup van carrying them overturned and crashed into another vehicle in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said Thursday.
The accident occurred on Wednesday night near Chikliya crossing in Dhar district, about 265 km west of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.
According to police, the injured were removed to the nearest hospitals in ambulances.
Police have registered a case and ordered an investigation into the accident.
Preliminary investigations carried out by the police revealed that the driver of the pickup van lost control, which resulted in the overturning of the vehicle. ■
