India, April 29 -- At least 12 people, including two children, were killed and 23 others injured after a pickup truck carrying labourers overturned after colliding with an SUV on the Indore-Ahmedabad National Highway in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday night, police said.

The accident occurred around 8:30 pm near a petrol pump in Chikaliya Phata. Preliminary reports suggest 35 labourers were in the pickup truck, returning from work in an onion field.

"The pickup truck was at high speed and the driver lost control. The vehicle overturned three or four times, veered to the opposite side of the road, and collided with a Scorpio," Dhar Superintendent of Police Mayank Awasthi said.

Twelve people died on the spot, while 10 critically injured vict...