Dhar: Seven people were killed and three others injured when a gas tanker rammed into two vehicles in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, police said on Thursday.
According to Dynamite News correspondent, the tanker was coming from the wrong direction near Bamansuta village Badnawar-Ujjain highway when it collided with a car and a pickup vehicle.
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Four persons died on the spot, while three others injured were succumbed to injuries later in hospital, he said.
Local residents helped the police personnel in the operation during which trapped persons were pulled out of damaged using a crane, according to the police.
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All the deceased were the residents of Sitamau and Nahargarh police station area of Mandsaur district. They were returning to Mandsaur from Indore via Ujjain on Wednesday night.
Police said that the bodies were taken out and sent to the civil hospital for post-mortem. Police is engaged in further investigation.
