Pickup Carrying Labourers Collides Head-On With Car In MP’s Dhar, 16 Injured
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh): Sixteen labourers travelling in a pickup vehicle were injured after it collided head-on with a car near Kagdipura in Nalchha on Monday. Seven of the injured are reportedly in serious condition and are undergoing treatment at the Dhar district hospital. According to preliminary information, the labourers were travelling in the pickup to harvest soybean crops. Near Kagdipura,…
Sixteen laborers were injured in a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a car near Kagdipura in Nalchha, Madhya Pradesh on Monday. Seven of the injured are in serious condition and are receiving treatment at the Dhar district hospital. The laborers were reportedly transporting soybean crops when the accident occurred. Witnesses claim the pickup went out of control before the collision.
It is also alleged that the pickup was carrying more passengers than its legal capacity, although this has not been confirmed by officials. The incident has reignited debates over the safe transportation of laborers in overloaded vehicles. A similar accident in Tirla months ago resulted in the deaths of 16 people. The Forest Department seized a pickup in Dudhi village allegedly carrying illegally harvested wood after an informant reported the suspicious activity.
The vehicle, a Mahindra pickup, was discovered near a cold storage weighbridge covered in a white tarpaulin. Upon inspection, forest officials found Lasoda wood loaded onto the truck, which the driver could not provide proper documentation for. The seized wood measured three cubic meters and a forest offence case has been registered.
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