At least eight killed, 32 injured as pickup truck collides with dumper in M.P.'s Bhind

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A mangled truck lies on the road after colliding with a passenger vehicle near Chhimka village on the Bhind-Gwalior National Highway, in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, early on August 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

Eight labourers were killed and 32 others injured after their pickup vehicle collided with a dumper truck in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district early Tuesday (August 18, 2026), police said.

The accident occurred around 1 a.m. near Chhimka village on the Bhind-Gwalior National Highway, they said.

The labourers were returning to their village in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district after completing paddy transplantation work in Gwalior.

Preliminary investigations suggested that the driver of the labourers' vehicle lost control while trying to avoid cattle sitting on the highway. The vehicle veered into the wrong direction and collided head-on with a dumper truck coming from the opposite direction, Gohad Chauraha police station in-charge Ramnaresh Yadav said.

The impact badly damaged the vehicle, trapping several labourers inside, he said.

Eight labourers were killed in the accident. Five of them died on the spot, while three succumbed to injuries en route to the hospital. Thirty-two others were injured, the officer said.

Police rushed to the spot after being alerted and, with the help of local residents, rescued the workers trapped inside the vehicle.

All the injured were taken to a hospital in Gohad, where they were provided first aid. Those seriously injured were referred to Gwalior for further treatment, police said.

Kheri Superintendent of Police Khyati Garg confirmed the eight deaths and expressed grief over the accident.

She told PTI that six of the deceased had been identified as Updesh, Amar Singh, Sukhdev, Rajneesh — all residents of Bela Tursiya village in the Mohammadi area and aged between 30 and 45 years — Subhash, 30, of Harna Neoli village and Guddu, 45, of Kishanpur Ajit village in the Pasgawan area.

Mohammadi police station SHO Umesh Chaurasiya told PTI that family members of some of the deceased and injured have reached the accident spot.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the accident and announced financial assistance of 2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased.