India, Jan. 15 -- Five people were killed and 12 others injured in a head-on collision between a tractor-trolley and a loading truck in Berasia in Bhopal on Wednesday night. All the injured have been admitted to the Berasia government hospital.

The accident occurred when Mukesh Ahirwar, 40, a resident of Sironj in Vidisha district, was travelling with 15 family members to Narmadapuram for a holy bath in the Narmada river during the Sankranti festival.

The deceased have been identified as Mukesh Ahirwar (40), his mother Babli Bai (58), his son Deepak (17), and two relatives, Lakshmi Ahirwar (42) and Haribai Ahirwar (46), all residents of Sironj.

"The family was traveling in a loading truck for a ritual bath when their vehicle collided w...