Seven persons, including a 10-year-old child, were killed and two others injured when a speeding truck hit a jeep and a two-wheeler in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district on Thursday, a police official said. The accident took place near village Dol around 10 am after the truck driver tried to save a scooter that suddenly came in its way, said Sidhi Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr Ravindra Verma. However, the truck overturned, crushing the scooter and a jeep, he said. Six occupants from the jeep and the two-wheeler rider died on the spot, the official said. Those in the jeep were relatives and part of a marriage party, he said. The injured persons, including the helper of the truck, were admitted to the district hospital, the official said. The truck driver was arrested and was found to be in an inebriated condition, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anjulata Patle said. The deceased have been identified as Rajaram Yadav (56), Sukhlal Yadav (55), Rohit Yadav (15), Mangal Yadav (10), Dharmendra Yadav (19), Shivkumar Yadav (18) and Ashish Shukla (25), who was riding a two-wheeler, the official said.
