Five killed after being run over by truck in MP's Dindori

DINDORI (MP): (Apr 12) Five men were killed and one person was injured after being run over by a truck on a highway in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori district in the early hours of Sunday, police said.

The incident occurred around 1 am on the Jabalpur-Amarkantak National Highway near Kikratalaab village under Gadasarai police station limits when the victims were returning home in a pickup vehicle, they said.

A tyre of the vehicle got punctured, following which the driver started changing it and the occupants got out of the vehicle.