Seven women were killed and 11 others severely wounded after a fatal accident involving a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a truck at a village in Chittaguppa taluk in Bidar district of Karnataka late on Friday.
These women were labourers and were returning home after work in the auto-rickshaw when it collided with the truck near the Bemalakheda government school.
They have been identified as Parvathi (40), Prabhavathi (36), Gundamma (60), Yadamma (40), Jaggamma (34) Ishwaramma (55), and Rukmini Bai (60), police said.
The drivers of the two vehicles were among the 11 injured. Police said two of them are in critical condition.
A case has been registered.
(With inputs from PTI)