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Bhopal, Jan 16 (PTI) At least 15 people were killed and seven others injured in road accidents in six districts of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Sunday.
The road accidents occurred in Satna, Damoh, Mandla, Guna, Datia and Ratlam districts during the past 24 hours.
In Satna district, four persons were killed and one seriously injured when a truck overturned and crushed an auto-rickshaw near the Itna river, some 15 km from the Satna district headquarter on Sunday, inspector Devendra Pratap Singh said.
The deceased included the driver of the autorickshaw, two women and a boy, he said, adding that the accident occurred when the autorickshaw was trying to overtake the truck.
In Damoh, three persons were killed and two others injured after their motorcycles collided near Laklaka village under the Tejgarh police Station on Saturday night, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shiv Kumar Singh said.
The deceased were identified as Ishwar Yadav (20), Rajendra Yadav, (28) and Tirath (25), he said.