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Seven killed and one injured as truck hits crowd in Khunti

A speeding truck ran over people gathered at the site of a previous scooty accident in Jharkhand's Karra police station area.

Seven people died and one person was injured after a speeding truck ran over a group of people in Khunti district, Jharkhand, according to The News Mill.

The incident took place in the Karra police station area when the truck struck a crowd that had assembled at the scene of an earlier accident involving a scooty rider.

The Superintendent of Police for Khunti stated that the truck hit the people who were gathered following the initial scooty accident.

Further details regarding the incident are awaited.

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