DHAKA: At least 18 people were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday (April 10) after a goods truck carrying laborers hit a road divider in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said.

The accident took place on the Pune-Satara highway, near Khandala, in Pune district, about 81km east of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra.

"This morning, a goods truck carrying over 40 labourers met an accident near Khandala," a police official posted in Pune told Xinhua over the telephone. "Eighteen people were killed and 15 others injured in the accident."

BDST: 1228 HRS, APR 10, 2018

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