Ten members of a family were killed and 21 others injured when a speeding truck hit a tractor-trolley carrying 39 passengers in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district. The victims, belonging to the Baiga tribe, were returning to Amodi village after attending a function in Narvar village last night when their tractor trolley was hit by a truck on National Highway No;78 in Umaria.
While seven persons died on the spot, three succumbed to injuries in hospital, they said. The deceased have been identified as - lalla (45), Dinesh (14), Mallu (40), Ramdin (15), Kunni (45), Sampat (50), Rupa (18), Mukesh (30), Vandana (3) and Moolchand (12). Police have registered a case and launched a search for the truck driver, who fled after the accident.