Eight people were killed, and about 22 were injured after a loading truck collided with a truck on Monday night near Chhimka village.
Local reports said that the passengers in the loading truck were labourers from Pachgawan, Lakhimpur Kheri, and surrounding villages in Uttar Pradesh. They were reportedly returning from working at a rice plantation.
All of the injured were rushed to the trauma centre of Jai Arogya Hospital in Gwalior, where they are undergoing treatment.
One of the injured persons who spoke to local media said that their truck was headed towards their village when they saw a truck coming from the opposite side hit their vehicle, causing it to overturn.
According to officer Ram Mahesh Yadav, the accident occurred on National Highway 79 at around 12:00 and 1: 00 a.m.
Police and passers-by rescued the injured from the vehicle after the accident. All of the dead hailed from Lakhimpur Kheri in UP. They were in Gwalior to plant paddy.
Preliminary investigations by the police indicated that the accident likely occurred due to the presence of a herd of cows that were on the highway.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his condolences and announced financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of the deceased.
