India, April 27 -- Ten people were killed after a van hit a bike and fell into an open well in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district on Sunday, said police.

The accident took place at Budha-Takarwat Phante at around 1.15 pm while 12 members of a Keer family from Ratlam were going to visit the Antari Mata temple in Manasa area of Neemuch district after attending a wedding in Mandsaur.

The deceased include eight members of a family travelling in the van, bike rider Gobar Singh, a resident of Abakhedi village, and Manohar Singh, a villager who tried to rescue people from the well.

Mandsaur superintendent of police (SP) Abhishek Anand said, "The Eco Van hit a bike rider and later fell into an open well. The villagers informed the police and a...