New Delhi: A truck collided with a group of Kanwariyas, killing 2 and injuring at least six received are injuries after truck collided with a group of Kanwariyas. The tragic accident occurred at Deori Gharial Center on National Highway 44 in the civil line area of  Morena district in Madhya Pradesh on Monday.


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The accident took place in the early morning after which the Kanwariyas blocked the National Highway, creating a traffic jam. Excessive police presence at the scene is trying to clear the blockage.


Following the horrifying accident, the dead and injured were taken to the Districts Hospital. Reportedly, Kawariyas, residents of a village under the Sihoniya police station area in Morena district.


"An accident occurred near Deori village on National Highway 44 under Civil Lines police station limits where a container (truck) hit a tractor trolley in which Kanwariyas were travelling. Some Kanwariyas were in the trolley and some of them were moving on foot. After the collision, the tractor-trolley got overturned in which two Kanwariyas died and around five sustained injuries," Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Arvind Thakur, ANI reported.