Burhanpur (MP), Jan 3 (PTI) Three persons, including two farmers, were killed and four others injured when their mini-truck loaded with vegetables overturned in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh in the early hours of Tuesday, a police official said.

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The accident took place around 3 am near Chouda Nala when the vehicle was going to Burhanpur town from Chamati village, the official said.

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Seven occupants of the mini-truck were injured, of which two were declared brought dead, both farmers, at a local hospital, while the vehicle's driver died during treatment, he said.

Four injured persons were undergoing treatment, said the official.

Nimbola police station in-charge Hansraj Kumar said a probe was underway to ascertain the cause of the accident.

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