Bhopal, Oct. 19 -- At least 15 people, including six children, were killed and 27 injured after a truck ploughed into a group of devotees outside a temple in the Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh in the early hours of Sunday, officials aware of the matter said.

Hundreds of people had gathered at the Shitala Mata Temple to mark Saptami, the seventh day of Navratri, when the driver of a paddy-laden truck lost control on a slope, around 50 metres from the temple. The vehicle then hurtled towards the temple, running over devotees, ramming into shops and crashing into the shrine, bringing down part of its wall and trapping people under the debris, they added.

"Due to a large crowd, entry of heavy vehicles near the temple is restricted. Arou...