Fifteen killed as truck overturns in Maharashtra
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Fifteen people were killed and five others injured after a truck carrying labourers overturned and fell into a roadside pit in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district in the wee hours of Monday, police said.
The accident took place near a temple in Kingaon village around 1 am when the papaya-laden truck was on its way to Yawal tehsil in Jalgaon from Dhule, an official from Yawal police station said.
The deceased included two children, aged 3 and 5 years, and a 15-year-old girl.
The labourers belonged to Abhoda, Vivra, Kerhala villages and Raver tehsil in the district, the official said.