Barwani (MP), Oct 8 (PTI) Three persons were killed and five injured after a tractor-trolley they were travelling on fell into a nullah in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district on Sunday, an official said, attributing the accident to sudden emergence of bovine animals on the road.

Seven of the victims were going to work in a cotton field when the vehicle with the accident on Kapadia Khedi Road, about 45 km from the district headquarters.

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The driver of the tractor-trolley was negotiating a turn when one or two bovine animals suddenly came onto the road. As a result, the driver lost control of the vehicle, which veered off and fell into a nullah, he said.

Three persons were killed on the spot and five injured. Seven of the eight victims were laburers who were going to pluck cotton, the official said.

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The injured labourers have been admitted to the district hospital, inspector Vikram Singh Bamnia of Thikri police station told reporters.

The police identified as the deceased as Amit Patidar, Anil Singh and Sajan.

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