Raisen, Sep 5 (PTI) Three people were killed and another person injured after a tractor on which they were travelling overturned when its driver tried to save a cow in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, police said on Tuesday.

The accident took place on Monday night in Kamton village, about 100 km from the district headquarters, an official said.

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Four persons were returning to Semri village on the tractor after purchasing goods from Bareli market at around 10 pm on Monday, Bareli police station in-charge HD Bhalekar said.

While the tractor driver tried to save a cow moving on the road, the vehicle overturned and all the four persons got trapped under it, he said.

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Three of them, aged 16, 17 and 21, died on the spot, while another person suffered injuries, the official said.

The injured person is undergoing treatment in a government hospital in Bareli, he said.

The police have registered a case in connection with the incident, he added.

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