Betul, May 16 (PTI) Two children and two women were killed and at least 15 persons were injured when their tractor-trolley overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, police said on Monday.

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The incident occurred in Kheri village under Chicholi police station limits, some 60 kilometres from the district headquarters, late on Sunday night, an official said.

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Chicholi Police Station in-charge Ajay Soni said 30 people were returning in the trolley from a religious place when the vehicle overturned.

"They had gone to a religious place after purchasing a new tractor-trolley. The deceased were identified as Kala Salame (63), Shanti Salame (28), a four-year-old boy and six-year-old girl. The injured are being treated in Bhimpur Community Health Centre," he said.

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