BackPickup Truck Carrying 35 Labourers Overturns on Highway in Madhya Pradesh, Killing 12 Including 3 Children

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Pickup Truck Carrying 35 Labourers Overturns on Highway in Madhya Pradesh, Killing 12 Including 3 Children

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At least 12 people, including at least three children, were killed and 12 others critically injured when a pickup truck carrying around 35 labourers overturned at high speed and crashed into an SUV on the Indore-Ahmedabad national highway in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh.
The vehicle overturned three to four times before skidding onto the opposite lane and colliding with the SUV near Chikhalia Phata in Tirla area, around 8.30pm Wednesday.
Police have launched a probe into alleged driver negligence and overloading.

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At least 12 people, including at least three children, were killed and 12 others critically injured when a pickup truck carrying around 35 labourers overturned at high speed and crashed into an SUV on the Indore-Ahmedabad national highway in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh. The vehicle overturned three to four times before skidding onto the opposite lane and colliding with the SUV near Chikhalia Phata in Tirla area, around 8.30pm Wednesday. Police have launched a probe into alleged driver negligence and overloading.

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नीट-यूजी पेपर लीक के विरोध में 26 दिनों से अनशन पर बैठे सोनम वांगचुक ने केंद्रीय मंत्रियों की मौजूदगी में अपना अनशन ख़त्म किया. उन्होंने कहा कि सरकार ने पेपर लीक रोकने के लिए ठोस क़दम उठाने और प्रभावित छात्रों के परिजनों को मुआवजा देने का लिखित आश्वासन दिया है.

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