NEW DELHI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed and seven others injured Wednesday after a passenger carrier vehicle collided with a goods truck in northern Indian state of Punjab, police said.
The accident took place near Bhikhi town in Mansa district, about 185 km southwest of Chandigarh, the capital city of Punjab.
"Today a collision took place between Toyota Innova vehicle and a goods truck, resulting in death of seven people and injuring seven others," a police official said. "There were 14 people inside the Innova vehicle at the time of collision."
According to police the Innova collided head on with the truck when its driver was trying to overtake another vehicle.
Locals said the injured were admitted to nearest hospital.
According to an official report released last month on an average India witnessed over 400 deaths in road accidents every day during 2016.
Deadly road accidents are common in India often caused due to overloading, bad condition of roads and reckless driving.
