India, Nov. 6 -- At least seven people were killed while a few others were injured in a road accident on the Karra-Topra main road under Karra police station limits in Jharkhand's Khunti district on Thursday night, people aware of the development said.

Khunti Superintendent of Police (SP) Rishabh Garg said that a few people rushed to the Karra-Torpa main road on Thursday night to rescue a scooter rider who had fallen into a ditch, and several women and children gathered to watch the incident unfold.

According to the official, an 18-wheeler truck travelling from the Torpa side lost control and struck people standing on the road on the route toward Karra Railway Station.

The vehicle then broke through a culvert and plunged into a ditch....