Seven people were killed and 19 injured after a truck collided with a Bolero pickup van on the Samruddhi Highway in Maharashtra's Amravati district in the early hours of Friday, police said.
A senior police official said the accident occurred around 12.45 am on Channel 97 of the highway near Dhamangaon railway station.
The injured were initially taken to Dhamangaon Rural Hospital and later referred to the Adani Institute of Higher Education and Research in Wardha, formerly known as Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education.
An official from the institute told PTI that two of the injured were declared brought dead. One of the injured was later shifted to Nagpur for further treatment, the official said.
Police said an investigation into the accident is underway. (with inputs from PTI)