Ranchi: At least seven people, including three children and three women, were killed and one injured after being run over by a speeding 18-wheel truck in Jharkhand's Khunti district, police said on Friday.
The incident happened on the Karra-Torpa main road within the Karra police station limits on Thursday night.
"Seven people were killed, and one was injured after an uncontrolled speeding truck ran over them," Khunti SP Rishabh Garg told PTI.
He said six people died on the spot, while one died during treatment in hospital.
Among the deceased, three were women, three children and one male, the SP added.