At least seven persons were killed and eight others injured on Saturday after a mini truck loaded with people returning from a marriage party fell into a moat in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district.
B.K. Chachoudiya, the officer in-charge of Raipura police station, told IANS that the passengers had gone from Gudmania to attend a marriage ceremony in Dargawan.
He added that five persons died on the spot while two others succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital.
The injured have been admitted to hospital in Katni for treatment.
There were 15 persons in the mini-truck when the incident took place.
--IANS
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