<p>Six farm labourers were killed and 24 others injured when their van was hit by a speeding tanker in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district in the early hours of Tuesday, an official said.</p>.<p>Out of the 24 injured persons, the condition of nine was serious, Dhar additional collector Shailendra Solanki said.</p>.<p>The accident took place on Indore-Ahmedabad road near Chiklya Fata under Tirla police station limits, located about eight km from here, at around 3 am when the labourers were returning to Tanda village after working in an agricultural field.</p>.<p>One of the tyres of their pick-up van got punctured and the driver was replacing it when the speeding tanker hit the vehicle from behind, Solanki said.</p>.<p>"Six labourers were killed and 24 others were injured. The condition of nine of them was serious," he said.</p>.<p>The injured persons were admitted in Tirla and Dhar district hospitals, he added. </p>
<p>Six farm labourers were killed and 24 others injured when their van was hit by a speeding tanker in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district in the early hours of Tuesday, an official said.</p>.<p>Out of the 24 injured persons, the condition of nine was serious, Dhar additional collector Shailendra Solanki said.</p>.<p>The accident took place on Indore-Ahmedabad road near Chiklya Fata under Tirla police station limits, located about eight km from here, at around 3 am when the labourers were returning to Tanda village after working in an agricultural field.</p>.<p>One of the tyres of their pick-up van got punctured and the driver was replacing it when the speeding tanker hit the vehicle from behind, Solanki said.</p>.<p>"Six labourers were killed and 24 others were injured. The condition of nine of them was serious," he said.</p>.<p>The injured persons were admitted in Tirla and Dhar district hospitals, he added. </p>