Five people lost their lives and 12 others were injured in two separate road accidents involving heavy vehicles in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, according to local police reports on Sunday.

In one incident early Sunday morning, a tractor-trolley carrying labourers overturned near Hanuman Dol on the Betul-Parasia Road, resulting in two fatalities and multiple injuries. The accident occurred around 7 am, as per Betul Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kamla Joshi. The victims, who were returning to their village from Betul railway station, had been travelling on the tractor-trolley after a month-long work stint at a factory in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. “Two of the passengers lost their lives in the incident, while 12 others sustained injuries,” she confirmed. The injured were promptly taken to a nearby hospital, where three of them are reportedly in critical condition.