India News Live Updates, 18 August 2026: 8 labourers killed in Madhya Pradesh road accident

Eight laborers were killed and thirty-two others injured in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district on Tuesday morning. The collision occurred around 1 am near Chhimka village on the Bhind-Gwalior National Highway. The victims, from Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, were en route home after completing paddy transplantation work in Gwalior.

According to police, the driver lost control while attempting to avoid cattle on the highway, causing the truck to veer into the opposite lane and collide with the laborers' vehicle.

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