15 labourers die as van overturns in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar

15 labourers die as van overturns in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar

Injured labourers are brought to a Bhoj hospital after a pickup van carrying 30–35 people overturned near a petrol pump, in Dhar on Wednesday (April 29, 2026).
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At least 15 labourers, many of them women, died on Wednesday (April 29, 2026) night and more than 30 were injured after a pick-up van they were travelling in overturned and collided with a car in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, the police said. 

According to the police, the accident took place around 10.30 p.m. on the Indore-Ahmedabad national highway near Chikliya bypass under Tirla police station range when the speeding van, carrying about 46 labourers, overturned. 

Published – April 30, 2026 01:16 am IST

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