Sidhi (MP), March 10 -- At least 8 people were killed and 13 others injured after a collision between a truck and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district early on Monday, police said.
The injured have been admitted to hospitals in Sidhi and Rewa.
According to police sources, seven people died on the spot in the accident that took place on the intervening night of March 9 and 10 near Upni on Sidhi to Singrauli road on National Highway No. 39 in Sidhi Kotwali police station area. Another passenger died during treatment. The deceased included five women and three men.
Sources said the 21 people travelling in the jeep were on their way to a religious pilgrimage in Maihar district from Sidhi district when the jeep co...