A speeding vehicle hit four people on the National Highway 59 in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, leaving one person hurt and four dead, a police official said today.
On the night between Monday and Tuesday, the accident happened on the Indore-Ahmedabad National Highway within the boundaries of the Sardarpur police station in the district.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Devendra Patidar said the incident happened when Munna Lal, a farmer was transporting wheat in a tractor to Rajgarh Mandi. “During the journey a pallet broke and the wheat spilled on to the four lane Indore-Ahmedabad highway,” the ASP said.
“The farmer informed his son about the incident following which his son reached the spot with another person and started gathering the spilled wheat from the road. A speeding vehicle hit them. Four people died and one sustained injuries in the accident,” ASP Patidar said.
Those who died were identified as Munna Lal (47), his son Navdeep (29), driver of the tractor Luv Kush (28) and one Himmat. The injured has been identified as Sandeep (26), a friend of Navdeep.