"A speeding tractor-trolley, carrying 25 farm labourers, overturned near Ratagiri on the Jaora-Levad road, about 25 km from the district headquarters. The labourers were returning to their village, Dantodiya, after working in fields at Jaitpada," said Bilpank police station in-charge Harish Jejurkar.
The deceased was identified as Laxmi (55), he said.
The injured have been admitted to the district hospital at Ratlam.
The driver of the tractor-trolley fled from the accident spot. "We have registered a case against him. Search for the absconding driver is on," Jejurkar said.