India, Sept. 11 -- Six women and three children, all belonging to Chhattisgarh, were killed in an accident involving a truck and a Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV) in Maharashtra's Bhandara district early on Friday, police said.

31am on the Lakhni-Sakoli lane of National Highway 53, a release from Bhandara police said.

"A Bolero crashed into an Eicher truck. Nine occupants of the Bolero, six women and three children, were killed in the accident. The victims were coming to Nagpur from Chhattisgarh capital Raipur via National Highway 53," said a police official from the spot.

Fourteen persons have been injured, he added.

The Chhattisgarh government announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each to...