The victims were gathered at the site of a previous accident involving a scooty rider when the truck struck them.
At least seven people, including three children and three women, died and one person was injured after a speeding truck ran over a group in Jharkhand's Khunti district on Thursday night, according to Siasat.
The incident took place on the Karra-Torpa main road within the Karra police station limits. The truck struck a group of people who had assembled following an earlier accident involving a scooty rider, according to The News Mill.
Khunti Superintendent of Police (SP) Rishabh Garg told PTI that six people died at the scene, while one person died during hospital treatment. The deceased included three women, three children, and one man.
The SP described the vehicle as an uncontrolled, speeding truck. Further details regarding the incident are awaited.
